About This Item
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
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_1.79a
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 October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2282.