Fourteen human skeletons performing activities symbolic of life and death. Engraving, 1740 or 1780, after C. Martínez, ca. 1680 (?).

  • Martínez, Crisóstomo, approximately 1638-approximately 1694.
Date:
[1740 or 1780?]
Reference:
642804i
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Description

The skeletons performs various tasks to demonstrate how the bones interact and provide counterpoise to each other in complex actions. The tasks selected are those which perform activities symbolic of life and death

Publication/Creation

[Paris?] : [publisher not identified], [1740 or 1780?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 30.3 x 52.9 cm

Contributors

References note

José María López Piñero, El atlas anatómico de Crisóstomo Martínez, grabador y microscopista del siglo XVII, [Valencia]: Ayuntamiento de Valencia, 1982, pp. 24-25

Reference

Wellcome Collection 642804i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Death is not the End” at The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA, 17 March 2023 - 14 January 2024

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