M0007622: Portrait of 'Doctor de Aroca'

Previous title, replaced May 2020: "Professor de Aroca" [?]. Oil painting by an Italian painter

Photograph of a framed oil painting from the Italian School, 18th century, of 'Doctor de Aroca', professor of medicine of Rome. A caption attached to the frame attributes the work to the Continental school, likely for display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The painting was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 14th February 1939 (P388/1939). Related images: V0017764

22 January 1941

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 45525i. Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the photograph depicted in the glass plate negative: P388/1939.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.