Closeup - Rijksmuseum Boerhaave - Photography Cees de Jonge
This eye belonged to Kaspar. That wasn’t his real name and that’s honestly kind of fitting for this eye, which isn’t real either. Look at it closely. Does it make you feel like you’re being watched? Or do you just see fine craftsmanship? Does it scare you?
This eye was meant to mislead, hide the fact that its wearer was handicapped, or at the very least prevent people from being shocked by the empty eye socket underneath. Where do prosthetic eyes like this come from?
