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[VESALIUS]

Vesalius and his De Humani Corporis Fabrica

19th century

€15.000 - €20.000

71 x 51 cm, painting on vellum on wooden support. holding a book: ..Humani Corporis Fabrica… At the wall behind him: a drawing Ta(bula) V: an underarm and hand, showing the muscles and tendons. At the table an inkpot and quill and a table cloth. Modern frame. We add an extensive report from the IRPA in Brussels, who professionally restored the painting

Anonymous portrait by one of the most famous physicians of all times is Andreas Vesalius, or Andries van Wesel in Dutch. He was born in Brussels in 1514, studied first in Paris and Leuven, and later at the University of Padua, where he devoted himself to surgery and the anatomy of the human body. Basing his observations on dissections he implemented himself, he wrote the first comprehensive textbook on the anatomy of the human body. The only portrait made during his lifetime was the woodcut by Van Calcar. No painted portraits were made during his lifetime

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