L'Ange anatomique (The Anatomical Angel) or Dissection of a Woman's Back

1746

Jacques-Fabien Gautier Dagoty

Associated Names
Jacques-Fabien Gautier Dagoty

Artist, French, 1716 - 1785

This print shows the upper body of a person facing away from us, with a focus on their back and shoulders. The person is turning their head towards the right in a profile view. Their short brown hair is pulled back and held in place with a blue headband. On their neck, back, and shoulders, the individual's pale skin is peeled back to reveal anatomical muscle structures, with red and white markings indicating detailed layers of muscles and ribs. The background is a plain grey color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 61.2 x 46 cm (24 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.47

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Colin & Charlotte Franklin Fine & Rare Books, Oxford); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased July 20, 1977; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 2.

Bibliography

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 2.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at upper right: Fig 14 Demontrée par M Duverney, P. et gravée par J. Gautier

Wikidata ID

Q76342769

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