Resumen de Frans Hemsterhuis's memorial for Herman Boerhaave: a monument of wisdom and simplicity
The article discusses 18th-century Dutch scholar and artist Frans (François) Hemsterhuis's design for the 1762 memorial of scientist Herman Boerhaave, located in St. Peter's church in Leiden, Netherlands. The author discusses sculptor Antoni Wapperom's work on the sculpture and focuses on Swedish travel writer J.J. Björnstähl's attribution of the memorial's design to Hemsterhuis. Specific topics include Björnstähl's relationship with Hemsterhuis, Hemsterhuis's 1769 text "Lettre sur la sculpture," the Neo-Classical design of the memorial including its inclusion of a vase, and the depiction of six heads in relief on the vase in the memorial.
