5 things about our latest acquisition: an oil painting of Barbara van Beck

Uploader: Wellcome Collection

Original upload date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 01:00:00 GMT

Archive date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:19:38 GMT

Barbara van Beck was a 17th century businesswoman and celebrity, who lived with a genetic condition that results in excessive hair growth on the body, called hypertrichosis or Ambras syndrome. This
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