Ole Worm
Above: Rosamund PurcellBelow: Museum Wormianum, 1655
The Danish physician and antiquarian Ole Worm's one room
museum is recreated by artist Rosamund Purcell.......amazing!!!!!
Ole Worm (1588-1655) was the personal physician of
King Christian IV of Denmark. As a natural philosopher, he
assembled a vast collection of stuffed and mounted animals,
fossils, and other curiosities.....the one you see above
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