Anatomia humani corporis

Symbolism

Book Illustrations

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.

Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711

Blooteling, Abraham, 1640-1690

Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?

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.

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

1685

lat

StillImage

Z_7.2

1 print : copperplate engraving

45 x 29 cm