C. A. Lorentzen (b. Sønderborg 1746, d. Copenhagen 1828)
Portrait of the doctor Frederik Christian Winsløw professor, court surgeon (1752–1811). Marked on reverse: “Painted by C. A. Lorentzen. This picture is engraved in copper by af A. Flint”. Oval. 70 cm x 56 cm. Frame from the same period with richly decorated with swans and foliage. As a young man F. C. Winsløw stayed with his uncle in order to be triained as a surgeon. Winsløw was intelligent and an easy learner. After the completion of his studies, he was hired as assistant surgeon at Søkvæsthuset, he gave lectures at the university, and had economic support in order to train himself further with the best doctors in Paris and London. No major scientific works of his are known, but his observations of vivisections of dogs and cats, of the respirational movements of the fetus intra votum, were the base of the dissertation of a collegue. Winsløw advocated vaccinations, and performed the first succesful cow-pox vaccinations with lymph. During the bombing and seige of Copenhagen he set up camp hospitals and performed as Head surgeon in one of these. In 1801 appointed court surgeon, in 1803 member of the College of Health. Member of the royal medical society. He was contaminated with dropsy and died in 1811. He left part of his fortune to the Frederiks hospital and to the Birth Foundation.
Dette maleri er forlæg for et kobberstik stukket af A. Flindt.Som ung kom F. C. Winsløw i huset hos sin morbror for at blive oplært som kirurg. Winsløw var velbegavet og lærenem. Efter endt uddannelse blev han ansat som underkirurg ved Søkvæsthuset, han underviste på universitet, og han fik økonomisk hjælp til videreuddannelse hos de dygtigste folk i Paris og London. Man kender ikke store videnskabelige afhandlinger fra hans hånd, men hans iagttagelser, ved vivisektioner på hunde og katte, af fosterets respirationsbevægelser intra votum, dannede grundlag for en kollegas disputats. Winsløw var fortaler for at vaccinere, og han foretog de første heldige kokoppevaccinationer med lymfe. Under Københavns bombardement og belejring oprettede han lazaretter og var overkirurg på et af disse. 1801 udnævnt til hofkirurg, 1803 medlem af Sundhedskollegiet. Medlem af det kongelige medicinske selskab. Han blev ramt af vattersot og døde allerede 1811. Han testamenterde dele af sin formue til Frederiks hospital og fødselsstiftelsen. Afbildet
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Selected Paintings and Golden Age Paintings, 4 December 2000