Title

Andreas Vesalius dissecting the muscles of the forearm of a cadaver, 1543. Artist: Steven van Calcar

Caption

Andreas Vesalius dissecting the muscles of the forearm of a cadaver, 1543. He exhibits a partly dissected arm of a taller man. Beside the arm, on the table, are instruments and a piece of text. From Vesalius's greatest work De humani corporis fabrica (On the Structure of the Human Body). which, with its detailed descriptions and magnificent illustrations set a new level of clarity and accuracy in the study of anatomy. Vesalius was Professor of anatomy and medicine at the University of Padua in Italy, later becoming court physician to the emperor Charles V and his son Philip II of Spain.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1543

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B63_322

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

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40,2Mb (4,1Mb) / 10,7in x 14,6in / 3213 x 4369 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male job man men health medicine body science guy costume occupation anatomy beard arm dress instrument century doctor profession sickness sick disease bearded muscle B&W physician MONOCHROME dissection cadaver black & white black and white B W 16th century sixteenth century Oxford Science Archive the body University of Padua Holy Roman Emperor woodcut Charles I Andreas Andreas Vesalius Vesalius Andries Van Wesel King Philip II Philip II King of Spain and Portugal Emperor Charles V Charles V King Charles V of Castile Carlos V Carlos I Charles Quint Charles I of Spain Steven van Calcar Jan Stephan van Calcar Giovanni da Calcar Joannes Stephanus Calcarensis Calcar Steven van Andreas Vesalius Emperor Charles V King Philip II woodcut