A male écorché standing, leaning against a tree, exposing the anatomy of his thorax and his left breast. Woodcut by François Jollat, 1545, after Étienne de La Rivière and Charles Estienne.

  • Estienne, Charles, 1504-approximately 1564.
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[1557/1575]
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38852i
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The man stands on his left leg, resting the sole of his right foot against the trunk of a tree. The skin of his left breast has been removed, and the skin of his abdomen is sutured like a corset. Landscape behind

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[Paris] : [Jacques Kerver], [1557/1575]

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1 print : woodcut with letterpress, with watercolour and gold paint ; sheet 27.7 x 20.2 cm

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La maniere de dissequer la peau qui coeuvre la poictrine, soubz laquelle y a quantité de gresse. B. Aulcu(n)s filetz nerveux ... C. La figure d'vne mamelle fendue par le milieu ... affluente à ceste partie.

References note

H. Cushing, A bio-bibliography of Andreas Vesalius, 2 ed., Hamden, Conn., 1962, pp. 38-40, no. II.-25, fol. C4b

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Wellcome Collection 38852i

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