This bronze monument representing a skinned man, bearing a skinned head in his right hand, was unveiled in Zakynthos (Solomos Square) on September 4, 2014, by Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogiannis in order to celebrate the fifth centennial of Andreas Vesalius‘ birth.
The monument was offered to the people of Zakynthos on the occasion of the Vesalius quincentenary organized by Vesalius Continuum in September 2014, under the auspices of the Embassy of Belgium in Athens and the Municipality of Zakynthos1.
“The Monument was sculpted by medical artist and sculptor Pascale Pollier and forensic medical artist and sculptor Richard Neave, Foundry De Clercq-Ginsberg poured the bronze; the mould was made by Guy Cuypers. Sculptor of the coat of arms and the plinth, Chantal Pollier, and the sculptors of the commemorative plaque The Kindersley Workshop”2.
The monument was later moved to the square named after Vesalius on the same island.
- Photos by Guy Cobolet (September 2014), courtesy of the BIU Santé, Paris
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