Plate for the ‘Atlas Anatomico’ (unpublished)

Creator Name

Crisóstomo Martínez

Cultural Context

Spanish

Date

Creation: 17th century, 18th century

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Title

Plate for the ‘Atlas Anatomico’ (unpublished)

Creator

Crisóstomo Martínez (link to bio), Artist

Crisóstomo Alejandrino José Martínez y Sorli;
Crisóstomo Alejandrino José Martínez y Sorli, Spanish, Valencia 1638–ca. 1694 Flanders, Artist

Worktype

Illustration; Anatomical study; Diagram

Prints

Cultural Context

Spanish

Material

Substrate: Paper;
Medium: Ink

Etching

Dimensions

Plate: 27 1/16 × 20 5/8 in. (68.8 × 52.4 cm) Sheet: 27 15/16 × 21 1/8 in. (70.9 × 53.6 cm);
height: 70.9centimetre;
width: 53.6centimetre;
height: 69.7centimetre;
width: 54.7centimetre;
height: 67.1centimetre;
width: 52.7centimetre;
height: 68.8centimetre;
width: 52.4centimetre

Technique

Etching technique

Language

Latin

Date

Creation: 17th century, 18th century

Plate ca. 1680–94; printed 1740

Provenance

Mary Oenslager Fund, 2016

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Chrysostomus Martinez (x Hispanicus) Inv. delin. & Sculpsit cum privil Regis

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Descriptive Topic: Anatomy, People, Man, Organ system, Human musculoskeletal system, Skeleton

Human Anatomy; Science; Skeletons; Men

Topic

Curationist Contributors

Jessica Gengler

Related Content

Part of: Stories and Style in Early Modern Anatomical Illustration

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Crisóstomo Martínez, Plate for the ‘Atlas Anatomico’ (unpublished), plate circa 1680–94, printed 1740. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anatomical atlases like this diagram leaned on the Christian creation myth to reinforce the belief in an idealized universal body, created in the image of God: that is white, European, and male. Public Domain.

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