Vesalius Conducting an Anatomical Dissection

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Vesalius Conducting an Anatomical Dissection

1539-1541

Artist/maker unknown (Venetian block cutter), Italian After a drawing by an artist in the circle of Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian (active Venice), first securely documented 1508, died 1576) Possibly by Jan Stevensz. van Calcar (Flemish, c. 1499–c. 1550) Or possibly by Domenico Campagnola (Italian (active Venice and Padua), c. 1500–1564) Published by Johannes Oporinus (Swiss, 1507–1568)

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Object Details

Titles:

Vesalius Conducting an Anatomical Dissection
Title Page from Andreas Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem (Basel: Johannes Oporinus, 1543)

Date:

1539-1541

Artists:

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

Image: 13 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches (35.2 x 24.8 cm) Sheet: 15 15/16 x 10 5/8 inches (40.5 x 27 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the SmithKline Beckman Corporation Fund, 1949

Accession Number:

1949-97-41a

Geography:

Made in Venice, Italy, Europe

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