Michelangelo drawing from an anatomized cadaver. Photogravure after M. J. A. Mercié.

  • Mercié, Antonin, 1845-1916.
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Michelangelo drawing from an anatomized cadaver. Photogravure after M. J. A. Mercié. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The artist Michelagnelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is seated at a table drawing the flayed arm of the cadaver before him, by the light of a candle that has been embedded in the abdomen of the body. The arms have been suspended from a string that hangs from a beam above

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1 print : photogravure ; platemark 25.6 x 35.5 cm

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References note

G. Wolf-Heidegger and A. M. Cetto, Die anatomische Sektion in bildlicher Darstellung, Basel and New York 1967, p. 333, no. 283/II

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Wellcome Collection 24231i

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