The Anatomy Theatre
The linework — every burin stroke holds at full size

The Fabrica

De Dissectione, Page 287

Anatomy inside a tiled Renaissance chamber.

Work
from De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani
Maker
Charles Estienne
Date
1545
Held by
Published Paris, 1545 · Wellcome Collection
Corporis Humani Liber III · 1545

Format

The full-resolution scan, colour-managed to the source — yours to print, study, and explore.

Size

$29.00

The story

The third book of Charles Estienne's anatomy, page 287, from the Paris edition printed by Simon de Colines in 1545. A seated woman faces the reader in a chamber of tiled floor and pilasters, with a window behind her and a tablet of text hung above. The surgeon Étienne de la Rivière is named on the title page as the maker of the figures and their explanations. Read across the four pages in this house and the rooms become a sequence, each furnished differently, each holding one lesson. Wellcome Collection.

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The plate, in the room it was made for

De Dissectione, Page 287, printed large and framed — in the consulting room, the study, the library. Every edition ships ready to become the piece the room is built around.

De Dissectione, Page 287 framed on the wall
De Dissectione, Page 287 framed on the wall
De Dissectione, Page 287 framed on the wall
De Dissectione, Page 287 framed on the wall

About this reproduction

  • A reproduction of from De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani — Charles Estienne, 1545 — from the copy held by Published Paris, 1545 · Wellcome Collection. The source. The work is centuries out of copyright and in the public domain.
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From the same hand

De Dissectione, Page 260 — from De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani, Charles Estienne, 1545

Charles Estienne · 1545

De Dissectione, Page 260

A reclining figure, opened in a Renaissance room.

De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani · 1545
De Dissectione, Page 270 — from De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani, Charles Estienne, 1545

Charles Estienne · 1545

De Dissectione, Page 270

A seated figure beside a lettered tablet.

De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani · 1545
De Dissectione, Page 276 — from De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani, Charles Estienne, 1545

Charles Estienne · 1545

De Dissectione, Page 276

At rest, a lesson on the wall.

De Dissectione Partium Corporis Humani · 1545