Sujet
Andreas Vesalius dissecting the muscles of the forearm of a cadaver, 1543. Artist: Steven van Calcar
Légende
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
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_322
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,2Mo (4,1Mo) / 27,2cm x 37,0cm / 3213 x 4369 (300dpi)