A male écorché figure, lateral view seen from the right, striding towards right, holding disc. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.

While Bartsch and Massari both describe this figure as holding a globe, he probably holds a discus. The discus thrower, or Discobolus, is an antique figure type described by ancient authors and was the subject of a bronze statue by Myron. Another classical reference is found in the third print of the series (Massari, i, fig 173) in which an écorché is struggling to split a tree with his hands, recalling the legend of the athlete Milon of Croton, famous for his strength, who is in old age attempted the same feat, only to be devoured by wild beasts when his hands became stuck in the cleft of the trunk