Musculorum Tabula VIII

1742

Jan Wandelaar

Associated Names
Jan Wandelaar

Artist, Dutch, 1690 - 1759

This is a drawing of a human skeleton standing beside a rhinoceros. The drawing shows a detailed and anatomically accurate rear view of a human skeleton standing with its left arm extended. The skeleton is placed next to a rhinoceros, which is depicted with less detail and positioned slightly turned away. The background features a stone-like wall with an arched top. The drawing utilizes shading and cross-hatching techniques to highlight textures and depth, typical of an anatomical illustration.

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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: 65.1 x 46.7 cm (25 5/8 x 18 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.7.3

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

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: B. S. ALBINI; upper right in plate: MUSCULORUM TABULA VII; 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

Q76343405

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