The muscles of the human body, second layer, seen from the back. Colour mezzotint by A. E. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1773.
- Gautier d'Agoty, A. E. (Arnaud Eloy), 1741-1771.
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- [1773]
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- 32620i
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[Nancy] : [J. B. H. Leclerc], [1773]
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1 print : mezzotint, printed in colours
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A. E. Gautier Dagoty. pin. et. sculp. cum. priv.
Bears plate no. : VIII
References note
L. Choulant, History and bibliography of anatomic illustration, tr. and ed. by M. Frank, Chicago 1920, revd ed. 1945, repr. New York 1962, p. 273
Florian Rodari, Anatomie de la couleur. L'invention de l'estampe en couleurs, exh. cat., Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1996, pp. 137-138
H. W. Singer, "Der Vierfarbendruck in der Gefolgschaft Jakob Christoffel Le Blons mit Oeuvre-Verzeichnissen der Familie Gautier-Dagoty, J. Roberts, J. Ladmirals und C. Lasinios," Monatshefte für Kunstwissenschaft, 1917, 10: 301-302
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Wellcome Collection 32620i
Reproduction note
The figure is based on a plate to B. S. Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani, Leiden 1747, drawn and engraved by Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759). It is the reverse of Albinus's second order of muscles, seen from the back
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