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                                 Image number: RS.9477
                             
                         
                         
                     
                 
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            ‘Corporis humani ossa, posteriori facie proposita’
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                                1555
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator - Organisation
                            
                            
                                Studio of Titian, Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Library reference
                            
                            
                                R64922
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (print): 360mm
width (print): 220mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 220mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                The human skeleton as viewed from behind. Illustration from De humani corporis fabrica, by Andreas Vesalius (Basileae, 1555). 
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Object history
                            
                            
                                De humani corporis fabrica was first published in 1543.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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