About This Item
Title
Anatomical diagram of the bones of the thoracic skeleton
Subject
Thoracic Vertebrae--anatomy & histology
Ribs--anatomy & histology
Sternum--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations
Description
Illustration attributed to Jan Stephan Kalkar, a student of Titian.--Cf. Choulant, L. Anatomic illustration, p. 170. Printed by Johannes Oporinus.
Anatomical diagram of a portion of the thoracic vertebrae (fig. 3); portions of the rib (fig. 4-5); and the sternum (fig. 6-7).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Creator
Calcar, Jan Stephan van, 1499-1546?
Source
Original image in: Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica (Basileae : Ex officina Joannis Oporini, anno salutis reparatae 1543. Mense Iunio), page 87. ZAd 25 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
De humani corporis fabrica is one the most influential books of anatomy. Andreas Vesalius’s text was famously illustrated by both detailed smaller sections of the body and full-body cadavers posed in the Italian countryside.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1543
Contributor
Oporinus, Joannes, 1507-1568
Language
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
ZAd_25.87
Original Format
1 print : woodcut
Physical Dimensions
23 x 25 cm
Citation
Calcar, Jan Stephan van, 1499-1546?, “Anatomical diagram of the bones of the thoracic skeleton,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2457.