An original copper plate engraving from Anatomia Humani Corporis, which translates as Anatomy of The Human Body. This was a collection of 105 Plate produced by anatomist Govard Bidloo in Amsterdam in 1865.
The illustrations were drawn by Gerard de Lairesse and engraved by Abraham Blooteling.
Lairesse was influenced by Rembrandt whopainted his portrait. These engravings are considered to be an artistic meditation on anatomy with his designs being a departure from the idealistic tradition that had come before. ‘Lairesse displayed his figures with everyday realism and sensuality, contrasting the raw dissected parts of the body with the full, soft surfaces of undissected flesh surrounding them; placing flayed, bound figures, in ordinary nightclothes or bedding; setting objects such as a book, a jar, a crawling fly in the same place as a limb and thus bringing the qualities of Dutch still life into anatomical illustration.’ This from an entry in a Christie’s catalogue.
Govard Bidloo was born in Amsterdam in 1649. He was a Professor of anatomy at The Hague between 1688 and 1694 when he transferred to Leyden.
Size: 59.5 x 36 cms or 23 3/4 x 14 1/8 inch.
Condition: Very Good. The plate is marked by a few dark spots of foxing. The edges are slightly browned .
