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A human skeleton, seen from the back, bent forward with his hands clasped to his skull, after Vesalius. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century, after a woodcut, 1543.
- Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783.
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Credit: A human skeleton, seen from the back, bent forward with his hands clasped to his skull, after Vesalius. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century, after a woodcut, 1543. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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[Paris]
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1 print : engraving ; platemark 35.5 x 22 cm
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Anatomie. ; Benard fecit.
References note
J. B. de C. M. Saunders and C. D. O'Malley, The illustrations from the works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, Cleveland and New York 1950, p. 88, pl. 23
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Bears plate no. : III
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 35281i
Reproduction note
Reverses the original woodcut published as the third skeleton plate to Andreas Vesalius De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, published in Basel in 1543. Instead of the brief indication of vegetation in the original a more extensive landscape is seen, with a tomb in the distance visible on the left
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