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Title
Anatomical diagram of the muscles
Subject
Muscle, Skeletal--anatomy & histology
Back Muscles--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations
Description
Engraving attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet from a drawing by Gaspar Becerra and copied from a figure by Vesalius.--Cf. Choulant, L. Anatomic illustration, p. 205.
Diagram of a human figure, posterior view, with skin removed to depict the muscles. Some of the muscles in the shoulder and back have been removed to reveal other interior muscles.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Creator
Beatrizet, Nicolas, 1507?-1570?
Becerra, Gaspar, 1520?-1568?
Source
Original image in: Valverde de Amusco, Juan, approximately 1525-approximately 1588. Historia de la composicion del cuerpo humano. Italian (In Roma : Per Ant. Salamanca, et Antonio Lafrerj., 1560). ZAc 1 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
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_1.74a
Original Format
1 print : copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions
23 x 14 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 4, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2278.