MALPIGHI, SWAMMERDAM, LEEUWENHOEK. 563 



MARCELLTJS MALPIGIII. 1628-1694. 



There are several portraits of Malpighi extant. These, together 

 with the account of his personal appearance given by Atti,* 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 Eoyal Society 

 of London. As Pettigrew says, 'it shows a countenance highly intellec- 

 tual, and as a work of art is of no mean importance.' Some of the other 



* Atti. 'Notizie Edite ed Inedite Delia Vita e Delle Opere Di Marcelli Mal- 

 pighi De Lorenzo Bellini.* Bologna, 1847; 4°: 52.5 pp. 



