Anatomische les

Creator Name

Andreas Vesalius;

Jan van Calcar;

Johannes Oporinus

Cultural Context

Flemish; Dutch; Swiss

Date

Source

Rijksmuseum

Work details

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Title

Anatomische les

Creator

Andreas Vesalius (link to bio), Author;

Jan van Calcar (link to bio), Artist, possibly;

Johannes Oporinus (link to bio), Publisher

anonymous;
anoniem;
Calcar, Jan Stefan van;
Herpst, Jan;
anonymous, print maker;
anoniem, prentmaker;
Calcar, Jan Stefan van, after design by, naar ontwerp van;
Herpst, Jan, publisher, uitgever

Worktype

Illustration; Frontispiece

print; prent; titelpagina

Cultural Context

Flemish; Dutch; Swiss

Material

Medium: Ink

paper; papier; paper

Dimensions

height: 350mm;
blad: hoogte: 350mm;
width: 250mm;
blad: breedte: 250mm

Technique

houtsnede; letterpress printing; boekdruk

Language

Latin

Date

Provenance

transferred, 1816; overdracht van beheer, 1816

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain;

CC0

Public Domain Mark 1.0; CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)

Inscription

verso - gestempeld

Location

Publication: Switzerland, Basel-Stadt Canton, Basel

Source

Rijksmuseum

Subjects

Descriptive Topic: Anatomy, People, Cadaver, Organ system, Anatomical theatre, Skeleton, Dissection, Science

title-page; anatomy lesson

Topic

Curationist Contributors

Jessica Gengler

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Part of: Stories and Style in Early Modern Anatomical Illustration

All Works in Curationist’s archives can be reproduced and used freely. How to attribute this Work:

Andreas Vesalius, Anatomische les, 1543. Rijksmuseum. The trope of the dissection theater proliferated in the popular consciousness as the practice evolved into official surgeons' guild events open to the general public. Public Domain.

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