Title Page depicting an anatomical demonstration, Vesalius at the left dissecting a woman before a Crowd of Onlookers, from 'Icones Anatomicae' (New York Academy of Medecine and Munich, University Library, 1934)

1543 (printed 1934)

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These prints are reprinted from the original woodblocks prepared by John of Calcar that were used in the first edition of Andreas Vesalius' De Humani Corporis (Basel, 1543). They were also used in the second edition (1552-55). Several of these blocks served to illustrate Vesalius' Suorum de Humani corporis fabrica librorum Epitome and his Von des menschen cörpers Anatomey. This print is the title page from the first edition of De Humani Corporis Fabrica.

Andreae Vesalii bruxellensis Icones anatomicae by Andreas Vesalius bruxellensis, Review by: M. F. Ashley-Montagu, Isis , Vol. 28, No. 2 (May, 1938), pp. 467-469

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Title: Title Page depicting an anatomical demonstration, Vesalius at the left dissecting a woman before a Crowd of Onlookers, from 'Icones Anatomicae' (New York Academy of Medecine and Munich, University Library, 1934)
Artist: After John of Calcar (John Stephen Calcar) (Netherlandish, Calcar, Cleves 1499–1546/50 Naples (active Italy))
Author: Andreas Vesalius (Flemish, Brussels 1514–1564 Zakynthos, Greece)
Artist: Originally printed by Johann Oporinus (1536–1567)
Publisher: New York Academy of Medicine, NY
Publisher: Library of the University of Munich
Date: 1543 (printed 1934)
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 in. × 14 3/4 in. (53.3 × 37.4 cm)
Image: 13 11/16 × 9 9/16 in. (34.8 × 24.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1947
Object Number: 47.14(1)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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