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Title
Sceleti anteriorem
Subject
Skeleton
Bone and Bones--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations
Description
Engraving by Abraham Blooteling and Pieter van Gunst from a drawing by Gérard de Lairesse.--Cf. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/bidloo_bio.html
Anatomical diagram of a skeletal figure, anterior view. The skeleton holds an hourglass in its left hand and stands next to an opened tomb.
Title from index.
Creator
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711
Blooteling, Abraham, 1640-1690
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?
Source
Original image in: Bidloo, Govard, 1649-1713. Anatomia humani corporis (Amstelodami : Joannis a Someren ... [et al.], 1685). Z 7 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Anatomia humani corporis, Govard Bidloo's work on human anatomy, was first published in Amsterdam in 1685. The work's 107 illustrations were engraved on copperplate by Abraham Blooteling and Pieter van Gunst from drawings by Gérard de Lairesse.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1685
Language
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Z_7.pl87
Original Format
1 print : copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions
42 x 27 cm
Citation
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711, Blooteling, Abraham, 1640-1690, and Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?, “Sceleti anteriorem,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2339.