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Sceleti anteriorem

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Title

Sceleti anteriorem

Subject

Skeleton
Bone and Bones--anatomy & histology
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
Anatomical diagram of a skeletal figure, anterior view. The skeleton holds an hourglass in its left hand and stands next to an opened tomb.
Title from index.

Creator

Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711
Blooteling, Abraham, 1640-1690
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?

Source

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.pl87

Original Format

1 print : copperplate engraving

Physical Dimensions

42 x 27 cm

Citation

Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711, Blooteling, Abraham, 1640-1690, and Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?, “Sceleti anteriorem,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 23, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2339.

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