The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library

Anatomical diagram of the muscles

About This Item

Title

Anatomical diagram of the muscles

Subject

Muscle, Skeletal--anatomy & histology
Skin
Book Illustrations

Description

Engraving attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet from a drawing by Gaspar Becerra.--Cf. Choulant, L. Anatomic illustration, p. 205.
Human male figure, seen from front, with skin removed to depict muscles. Figure is holding a dagger in left hand and removed skin in right hand.
Title supplied by cataloger.

Creator

Beatrizet, Nicolas, 1507?-1570?
Becerra, Gaspar, 1520?-1568?

Source

Historia de la composicion del cuerpo humano, Juan Valverde de Amusco’s 1556 work of anatomy, contained 42 illustrations, all but 4 of which were copies from the work of Vesalius. This edition is an Italian translation published in 1560 with the title Anatomia del corpo humano.

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1560

Language

ita

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZAc_1.64a

Original Format

1 print : copperplate engraving

Physical Dimensions

22 x 15 cm

Citation

Beatrizet, Nicolas, 1507?-1570? and Becerra, Gaspar, 1520?-1568?, “Anatomical diagram of the muscles,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 30, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2269.

Related Exhibits

Teaching and Learning Anatomy: a 500 Year History