Anatomie générale des viscères en situation, de grandeur et couleur naturelle, avec l'angéologie, et de la neurologie de chaque partie du corps humain (A General Anatomy of the Viscera, in Situation, of Size and Natural Color, together with an Angiology and Neurology of Every Part of the Human Body.
1752
Artist, French, 1716 - 1785
Artwork overview
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Medium
volume with letterpress text and 10 color mezzotints on laid paper (6 single-sheet color mezzotints and 4 large-scale color mezzotints each made from 3 attached sheets)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (from three plates on three joined sheets): 186.9 × 46 cm (73 9/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
page size: 56.5 × 38.5 cm (22 1/4 × 15 3/16 in.) -
Accession
2002.40.1.b
Associated Artworks
"Anatomie de la tête" and "Anatomie générale des viscères"
Jacques-Fabien Gautier Dagoty
1748
Anatomie de la tête, en tableaux imprimés (Anatomy of the Head, in Printed Paintings)
Jacques-Fabien Gautier Dagoty
1748
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Librairie Thomas-Scheler, Paris); purchased 2002 by NGA.
Associated Names
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.