The Anatomy Theatre

A Specialty Match

Anatomy

A specialty match — the plates that speak to this discipline.

These are the works in the house that answer to this discipline. A plate chosen this way is not a decoration but a portrait of a life’s study — the part of the body a person has given their working life to, drawn by the masters who first understood it. Offered, as everything here is, with the gravity the works have already earned.

The plates

  • The Muscle Man — from De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Andreas Vesalius, 1543

    Andreas Vesalius · 1543

    The Muscle Man

    The image that founded modern anatomy.

    De Humani Corporis Fabrica · 1543
  • The Contemplating Skeleton — from De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Andreas Vesalius, 1543

    Andreas Vesalius · 1543

    The Contemplating Skeleton

    A skeleton, lost in thought before a tomb.

    Vivitur ingenio, caetera mortis erunt
  • The Man Who Holds His Own Skin — from Historia de la Composición del Cuerpo Humano, Juan Valverde de Amusco, 1556

    Juan Valverde de Amusco · 1556

    The Man Who Holds His Own Skin

    A figure carrying his own flayed hide.

    Historia de la Composición del Cuerpo Humano · 1556
  • The Skeleton and the Rhinoceros — from Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum, Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, engr. Jan Wandelaar, 1747

    Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, engr. Jan Wandelaar · 1747

    The Skeleton and the Rhinoceros

    An anatomy plate with a rhinoceros in the background.

    Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum · 1747
  • The Ideal Figure — from Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum, Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, engr. Jan Wandelaar, 1747

    Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, engr. Jan Wandelaar · 1747

    The Ideal Figure

    Human anatomy as classical sculpture.

    Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum · 1747
  • A Skeleton, from the Osteographia — from Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones, William Cheselden, 1733

    William Cheselden · 1733

    A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

    Bones drawn with the aid of the camera obscura.

    Osteographia · 1733
  • The Anatomical Angel — L’Ange Anatomique, from Myologie Complette en Couleur, Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty, 1746

    Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty · 1746

    The Anatomical Angel

    A dissection that looks like a winged figure.

    L’Ange Anatomique · 1746
  • The Dance of Death — from Nouveau Recueil d’Ostéologie et de Myologie, Jacques Gamelin, 1779

    Jacques Gamelin · 1779

    The Dance of Death

    Skeletons in restless, theatrical motion.

    Nouveau Recueil d’Ostéologie et de Myologie · 1779
  • An Anatomical Tableau — from Thesaurus Anatomicus, after Frederik Ruysch, early 18th c.

    after Frederik Ruysch · early 18th c.

    An Anatomical Tableau

    A still life built from the body itself.

    Thesaurus Anatomicus
  • A Bourgery Plate — from Traité Complet de l’Anatomie de l’Homme, J.-B. M. Bourgery & N. H. Jacob, 1831–1854

    J.-B. M. Bourgery & N. H. Jacob · 1831–1854

    A Bourgery Plate

    The most beautiful anatomy of the 19th century.

    Traité Complet de l’Anatomie de l’Homme · 1831–1854
  • The Body at Life Size — from Anatomia Universa, Paolo Mascagni, 1823–1831

    Paolo Mascagni · 1823–1831

    The Body at Life Size

    Anatomy on the grandest scale ever attempted.

    Anatomia Universa · 1823–1831
  • The Eustachian Plates — from Tabulae Anatomicae, Bartolomeo Eustachi, engraved 1552, published 1714

    Bartolomeo Eustachi · engraved 1552, published 1714

    The Eustachian Plates

    Anatomy two centuries ahead of its time.

    Tabulae Anatomicae · 1714

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