Autopsy | Enrique Simonet | 1890 Size:24"x16" Other paintings forming this allegory

Other paintings forming this allegory represented childhood

traditionally representing Satan

symbolizing the fusion of science

Lewis contrasts the intimacy of the tenement world—marked by hanging laundry and telephone wires—with the distant glamour of the modern city

Autopsy | Enrique Simonet | 1890 Size:24"x16" Other paintings forming this allegoryEnrique Simonets "An Autopsy" (And She Had a Heart!), painted in 1890, is a striking example of fin de sicle realism infused with emotional drama. The composition centers on a solemn physician conducting a post mortem examination, gazing contemplatively at the heart he holds. Bathed in cool, clinical light, the lifeless figure of a young woman lies draped in white linens, her auburn hair cascading over the table. Simonets meticulous detail, subdued