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Anatomical diagram of a skeletal figure with upper extremities removed

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Title

Anatomical diagram of a skeletal figure with upper extremities removed

Subject

Skeleton
Bone and Bones--anatomy & histolog
Muscle, Skeletal--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 skeletal figure, posterior view, with the upper extremities removed. Some muscle remains on the back and legs. On the ground, there is an additional leg and skull.
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_1.79a

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 a skeletal figure with upper extremities removed,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed May 3, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2282.