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MALPIGHI, SWAMMERDAM, LEEUWENHOEK.
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MARCELLUS MALPIGHI. 1628-1694.

There are several portraits of Malpighi extant. These, together with the account of his personal appearance given by Atti,[1] enable us to tell what manner of man he was. The portrait given here is the

Fig. 1. Marcellus Malpighi.

one painted by Tabor, and presented by Malpighi to the Royal Society of London. As Pettigrew says, 'it shows a countenance highly intellectual, and as a work of art is of no mean importance.' Some of the other


  1. Atti. 'Notizie Edite ed Inedite Delia Vita e Delle Opére Di Marcelli Malpighi De Lorenzo Bellini. Bologna, 1847; 4°: 52.5 pp.