Figure d'un homme sans bras

About This Item

Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Forty year old man with no arms.

Around the feet of the man are symbols of his ability to use common tools without his arms. Using his head and shoulder, he could chop wood and make a whip snap. With his feet he could feed himself, play cards, and play dice.

He was eventually executed for robbery and murder.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1020. 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.1020b

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

13 x 7 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'un homme sans bras,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3106.