"Anatomie de la tête" and "Anatomie générale des viscères", 1748 / 1752

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Medium

bound volume with letterpress text and 10 color mezzotints consisting of 18 sheets; 12 sheets attached in groups of 3 to create 4 large illustrations, printed in black, yellow, red, and blue inks

Dimensions

book: 76.5 × 56.5 × 2.5 cm (30 1/8 × 22 1/4 × 1 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Print Purchase Fund and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2002.40.1.a-b

Artists / Makers

Jacques-Fabien Gautier Dagoty (artist) French, 1716 - 1785

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Inscription

printed label on front cover: ANATOMIE DE LA TÊTE / EN TABLEAUX IMPRIMÉS / QUI REPRÉSENTENT AU NATUREL / LE CERVEAU / SOUS DIFFÉRENTES COUPES / ANATOMIE GÉNÉRALE / DES VISCERES / DE L’ANGÉOLOGIE ET DE LA NÉVROLOGIE / DU CORPS HUMAIN

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

(Librairie Thomas-Scheler, Paris); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Libraire Thomas-Scheler

Exhibition History

2003: Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 3, as Skeleton by Jacques-Fabien Gautier Dagoty.

Bibliography

2003: Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 3.