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Anatomical diagram of the major arteries and venae cavae

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Title

Anatomical diagram of the major arteries and venae cavae

Subject

Arteries--anatomy & histology
Venae Cavae--antatomy & 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 showing the major arteries and the venae cavae. Some viscera also remains.
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_1.140a

Original Format

1 print : copperplate engraving

Physical Dimensions

23 x 15 cm

Citation

Beatrizet, Nicolas, 1507?-1570? and Becerra, Gaspar, 1520?-1568?, “Anatomical diagram of the major arteries and venae cavae,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2299.