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Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams

1728
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 099

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams
  • Author: Written by Govert Bidloo (1649–1713)
  • Artist: After Gerard de Lairesse (Dutch, Liège 1641–1711 Amsterdam)
  • Engraver: Engraved by Abraham Blooteling (Dutch, 1640–1690)
  • Engraver: Engraved by Pieter van Gunst (Dutch, Amsterdam 1659–1724)
  • Published in: Utrecht
  • Date: 1728
  • Dimensions: 20 x 13 3/4 in. (50.8 x 34.9 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.546.5
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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