Musculorum Tabula IV

1742

Jan Wandelaar

Associated Names
Jan Wandelaar

Artist, Dutch, 1690 - 1759

Bernard Siegfried Albinus

Author, Dutch

The image shows a full human skeleton standing upright with both arms extended outward. The background features a large rhinoceros standing behind the skeleton, lush vegetation, textured trees, and a stone wall. The composition emphasizes anatomical detail and the interaction of the skeleton with its surroundings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper with accompanying leaf of descriptive text from the later English edition

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 56.2 x 40.2 cm (22 1/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 63.7 x 44.5 cm (25 1/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.7.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ursus Rare Books, New York); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

2003

  • Ursus Rare Books. Rare Books, Catalogue 242. New York, 2003: no. 3.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: B. S. ALBINI; upper right in plate: MUSCULORUM TABULA IV.; lower left in plate: J. Wandelaar ad ipsa corpora hominum delineavit idemque incidit; lower right in plate: Prostat Leidae Batavorum...apud J&HVerbeek, Bibliop. 1742.

Wikidata ID

Q76343402

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