Portrait of Andreas Vesalius, half-length in profile standing in front of a table dissecting the arm of a body; frontispiece to Andreas Vesalius 'De humani corporis fabrica libri septem'
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: John of Calcar (John Stephen Calcar)
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Calcar, Cleves 1499–1546/50 Naples (active Italy)
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: 1542
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 11/16 in. (21.2 × 14.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Richard Day, 1980
Accession year: 1980
Tags: Hands|Men|Portraits