About This Item
Title
Anatomia humani corporis
Subject
Symbolism
Book Illustrations
Description
Engraving by Abraham Blooteling and Pieter van Gunst from a drawing by Gérard de Lairesse.--Cf. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/bidloo_bio.html
Allegorical title page to Anatomia humani corporis. A winged figure blows into a trumpet. Beneath the winged figure there is a woman seated, holding a book in her left hand and a knife in her right hand. In front of the woman is a second winged figure holding an hour glass. Next to him are three children playing with a skull and human arm. In the background there are skeletons.
Creator
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711
Blooteling, Abraham, 1640-1690
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?
Source
Original image in: Bidloo, Govard, 1649-1713. Anatomia humani corporis (Amstelodami : Joannis a Someren ... [et al.], 1685). Z 7 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Anatomia humani corporis, Govard Bidloo's work on human anatomy, was first published in Amsterdam in 1685. The work's 107 illustrations were engraved on copperplate by Abraham Blooteling and Pieter van Gunst from drawings by Gérard de Lairesse.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1685
Language
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Z_7.2
Original Format
1 print : copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions
45 x 29 cm
Citation
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711, Blooteling, Abraham, 1640-1690, and Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?, “Anatomia humani corporis,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed September 8, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2334.