Figure d'un homme boiteux situé sur une potence de grand artifice

About This Item

Title

Subject

Orthotic Devices

Crutches

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Full caption reads "Figure d'un homme boiteux situe sur une potence de grand artifice, laquelle j'ai recouvert de Maistre Nicolas Picart Chirurgien de Monseigneur le Duc de Lorraine."

Diagram of special crutches designed by Nicholas Picart, doctor to the Duke of Lorraine.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 906. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

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

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.906

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

13 x 14 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'un homme boiteux situé sur une potence de grand artifice,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3073.