Historical Anatomical Illustrations

Engravings of human anatomy from historical texts, illustrating muscles and veins with intricate details and line work, reflecting the art of scientific exploration.

A standing écorché figure, shown leaning to the side: front view, from head to thigh, with separate detail of lower leg and foot. Crayon manner print by J. Gamelin after himself, 1778/1779.

The venous system: three figures, including an écorché figure and details of the veins. Engraving by T. Jefferys, ca. 1763.

An écorché figure seen from behind, with details of the muscles of the hand and foot, and the male genitalia: five figures. Line engraving by A. Bell, 1788/1797.

Decima musculorum tabula.. Geminus, Thomas, d. 1562. Prints, Illustrations, Scientific illustrations. 1545. Rare Book Division. Human anatomy, Anatomy

Duodecima musculorum tabula.. Geminus, Thomas, d. 1562. Prints, Illustrations, Scientific illustrations. 1545. Rare Book Division. Human anatomy, Anatomy

Sexta musculorum tabula.. Geminus, Thomas, d. 1562. Prints, Illustrations, Scientific illustrations. 1545. Rare Book Division. Human anatomy, Anatomy

Quinta musculorum tabula.. Geminus, Thomas, d. 1562. Prints, Illustrations, Scientific illustrations. 1545. Rare Book Division. Human anatomy, Anatomy

A standing écorché figure, shown leaning to the side: front view, from head to thigh, with separate detail of lower leg and foot. Crayon manner print by J. Gamelin after himself, 1778/1779.

An écorché figure, back view, with right arm extended. Lithograph by N.H Jacob, 1831/1854.

A man, écorché, in the pose of an orator. Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper, 1790/1810().

The muscles of the human body, seen from the front, after Eustachius. Etching by G. Bickham, 1743, after himself, after an engraving, c. 1552.

anatomical study by Bernardino Genga 'Anatomia per uso et intelligenza del disegno ricercata non solo su gl'ossi, e muscoli del corpo humano'. (Rome, 1691). Bernardino Genga (1620ñ1690) was a scholar of Classical medical texts, editing several works of Hippocrates

Vesalius, Andreas (1514-1564). Brabantian anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica. 'De Humanis Corporis Fabrica' (On the Structure of the Human Body). First edition of the work executed in Basel in 1543. Page 170. Anatomy of the human muscles. Etching. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

An écorché figure showing bones, with left arm extended, seen from the front. Lithograph by Battistelli after C. Squanquerillo, 1836.

Johannes de Ketham. MEDICO ALEMAN. CUERPO MASCULINO CON LOS SIGNOS DEL ZODIACO.. LOS ORGANOS DELCUERPO EN RELACCION CON LAS CONSTELACIONES. LAMINA DE SU OBRA " , EDITADA EN PAMPLONA EN 1498 EPILOGO DE MEDICINA Y CIRUGIA CONVENIENTE A SU SALUD ".

Decima quarta musculorum tabula.. Geminus, Thomas, d. 1562. Prints, Illustrations, Scientific illustrations. 1545. Rare Book Division. Human anatomy, Anatomy

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Arterial system in the human body. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard after an illustration by James Drake from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.

EcoRché, seen on the back.; Fundaments of drawing; Instructions et fund's the Bien Pourtraire. Ecornché, seen on the back. The print is part of a thirteen partner about the foundations of drawing.

Human arterial system (fig. 1); tracheal artery (fig. 2); aorta (fig. 3). Engraving, 1778, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1707.

Anatomical figure displaying anterior muscles

medicine anatomy male body copper engraving anatomical atlas by Berrettini Bologna circa 1680 private collection,

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Plate 21. Vivendos praebet nervos, qui a musculis egressi per succutaneas partes ludunt. From Bartolemmeo Eustachi Tabulae Anatomicae, Amsterdam 1722.

Anatomical figure displaying the muscles of the torso

Nona musculorum tabula. Rear view of the body muscles. Geminus, Thomas, d. 1562. Prints, Illustrations, Scientific illustrations. 1545. Rare Book Division. Human anatomy, Anatomy

Standing Male Nude, Frontal Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519 Italian) Royal Collection, Windsor, England

Two écorché figures: front (l.) and back (r.) views, with two arms stretched upwards in centre of image. Engraving by G. Mochetti after G. della Valle, ca. 1790.

Anatomical figure showing the intestines and abdomen

An écorché showing bones, with left arm extended to the side, seen from behind: diagram showing the outlines of the muscles & bones. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.

Ticky example of a standing Écorché, Pieter de Jode (I), 1629 print Ticky example of a standing Écorché, a skinned man, with a stick in the left hand. This print is part of an album. paper engraving anatomical model of the muscles, muscle-man, 'écorché'

Human arterial system. Engraving, 18th century, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.

Anatomy of human musculature from the back showing outer muscles. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

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Myotomia reformata, by William Cowper

Woodcut, Infans cum promuscide et capitibus animalum, 373, child with a multitude of small animal heads on its joints, Aldrovandi, Historia Monstrorum, 1642, Renaissance

Anatomical illustration from 'Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae, in anatomiam humani corporis a communi medicorum academia usitatam' by Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, Bologna 1523.

Muscles and skeleton of the Human Body, Anonymous, 1600 - 1649 drawing Numbered at the top right: 11. Low Countries paper. ink brush / pen muscles. anatomical model of the muscles, muscle-man, 'écorché'. (human) skeleton

Fourth Plate of the Muscles, Medical - Anatomy

The Plates from the Second Book of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius, (1514-1564) Plate 24 - The first Plate of the Muscles. The first plate illustrates the anterior view of the body from which I have cut away the skin together with the fat, and all the sinews veins and arteries existing on the surface.

Neurology, Medical - History

Anatomical illustration from 'Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae, in anatomiam humani corporis a communi medicorum academia usitatam' by Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, Bologna 1523.

Anatomical illustration from 'Isagogae breues, perlucidae ac uberrimae, in anatomiam humani corporis a communi medicorum academia usitatam' by Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, Bologna 1523.

An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the second order of the muscles. Engraving by L.P. Boitard after B.S. Albinus, 1747.

An écorché: seen from the back, with left arm extending to the side, and with muscles indicated in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Woodblock engraving depicting the organs of the body and the planetary influences on them. Dated 16th century

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medicine anatomy brain woodcut ""Corporis humani Liber II"" by Henri d` Estienne Lyon 1543 - 1555 private collection,

An écorché, seen from the front. Pen and ink drawing with traces of pencil underdrawing, after () Albinus, after Vesalius, 17--.

Foetus head extended in the contrary position in the birth canal during labour, assisted by forceps. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Bell after an illustration by Jan van Rymsdyk from William Smellie's A Set of Anatomical Tables, Charles Elliot, Edinburgh, 1780.

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Arteries

Muscles of the human body and head as seen from behind according to the German anatomist Albinus. Date: Circa 1760

A standing écorché figure, seen from the front, showing the first layer of the muscles. Colour mezzotint by A. E. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1773.

anatomical drawings by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus 'Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani'. (Londini : Typis H. Woodfall, impensis Johannis et Pauli Knapton, 1749).

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). The Proportions of the human figure (after Vitruvius), c.1492. Copy. The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy.

Relationship of organs of the body, the Humours and signs of Zodiac. From Gregor Reisch Margarita Philosophica Basle, 1508. Leo sole house of the Sun governs the heart - hence Lion Hearted. Hand-coloured woodcut

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Travellers in the East bring back accounts of different medical processes : this Chinese diagram of acupuncture points is published in a German scientific journal. Date: 1686

T. Bartholin, pancrealis corpus.

Dissected torso, showing the internal organs. Lithograph by Battistelli after C. Squanquerillo, ca. 1840.

The Farnese Hercules: rear view of muscles. Pen and ink drawing, by H.J. Arundel Miles, 1862.

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Hamlet Winstanley, 1698-1756, British, Anatomical Studies of Legs, 1716. Pen and brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Secunda musculorum tabula. Shows muscles in a walking position. Geminus, Thomas, d. 1562. Prints, Illustrations, Scientific illustrations. 1545. Rare Book Division. Human anatomy, Anatomy

A standing écorché figure, seen from behind, showing the third layer of the muscles. Colour mezzotint by A. E. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1773.

Front and back views of a human figure with numerous acupuncture points and meridians identified. Between the figures, but not to scale, are three acupuncture needles. Illustration from a 1825 French book on Chinese acupuncture by Jean Baptiste Sarlandiere.

Anatomical figure depicting the male reproductive organs

T. Bartholin, origo nervorum/cerebro inveno

Old book, vintage and anatomy of skeleton bones or parts in literature, manuscript or ancient scripture against a studio background. History novel, journal or text in study of the human body

Anatomical measurements, supine figure, Chinese woodcut

An écorché: with left arm extended to the side, seen from the front, and with muscles indicated in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Myotomia reformata, by William Cowper

T. Bartholin, pectoris parles diaphragmatis

Influence of the universe, the Macrocosm on Man, the Microcosm. From Athanasius Kircher 'Mundus Subterraneus', Amsterdam, 1678.

Skeletal and myologic structure of the 'Borghese Gladiator' statue: two figures presented as écorchés, with a small pencil sketch of a nude also included. Ink and watercolour drawing by J.C. Zeller after J.G. Salvage, ca. 1833.

Neurological system

Acupuncture points () marked on the head, arm and body of a figure: five figures. Coloured lithograph, 1863.

First layer of muscles in the human body (Front view)

Tabula IV, Lib. IV., Tab. VI., Tabula IV, Lib. IV. Adriani Spigelii Bruxellensis equitis D. Marci, olim in Patavino gymnasio anatomiae et chirurgiae professoris primarii Opera quae extant, omnia, Aselli, Gaspare, 1581-1626, Bucretius, Daniel, d. 1631, Fialetti, Odoardo, 1573-1638, Harvey, William, 1578-1657, Spiegel, Adriaan van de, 1578-1625, Valesio, Francesco, b. ca. 1560, Walaeus, Johannes, 1604-1649, van der Linden, Johannes Antonides, 1609-1664, Engraving, 1645, plate 6, page 41.

Influence of the Universe, the Macrocosm, on Man, the Microcosm, 1678. Artist: Anon

Sexagesimaetertiae Tabulae. Engraving of a baby showing its internal organs

Ninth Plate of the Muscles, Medical - Anatomy

Illustration from 'Les oeuures díAmbroise Pare' 1585 by Ambroise Pare, 1510-1590 French surgeon and anatomist

Obstetrics: Anatomy of female figure surrounded by vignettes of the uterus in cross-section Publication: Paris: , 1731.

Illustration from 'Fasciculus medicinae' Venice; 1494 the first printed book to contain anatomical illustrations. Written by Johannes de Ketham a German physician living in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century

Chinese C19 woodcut: Forensic chart of the skeleton (back)

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Anatomy: Leg Muscles/Horse Foot Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519 Italian) Quill Drawing Royal Collection, Windsor, England

Woodcut, Infans scifsis naribus, child without nose, Aldrovandi, Historia Monstrorum, 1642, Renaissance

An écorché figure, showing the bone structure and muscles of the trunk and limbs, with a separate figure indicating the muscles of the face and neck. Crayon manner print J. Gamelin after himself, 1778/1779.

Anatomical illustration from 'Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion' ' by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Nuremberg, 1528. His collection of drawings were used to apply the science of human anatomical proportions to aesthetics

Tasrîh-i Mansûrî. Back view of a human skeleton with the head shown from above., fol. 14v. 1675. Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, active 14th century. text. Manuscripts, Illuminations, illuminated manuscripts. Spencer Collection. Manuscripts, Persian, Anatomy , Early works to 1800

Anatomical drawing by Jehan Cousin ('le jeune,' or 'the younger') in Livre de pourtraiture. (Paris, 1608).

Woodcut, Androgynus russi, hermaphroditism, hermaphrodite, Aldrovandi, Historia Monstrorum, 1642, Renaissance

Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, Tashrih-i badan-i insan ('The Anatomy of the Human Body'). Persian manuscript, copy undated; appearance of paper, handwriting, ink, illustrations, etc. suggest ca. late 15th or very early 16th century.

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