The Brain with Its Veins (from above)
The Brain with Its Veins (from above) (Johannes Sobotta · illus. K. Hajek & A. Schmitson) — Atlas der deskriptiven Anatomie des Menschen, 1920 · Johannes Sobotta, vol. III, leaf 160.
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This print
Where it works
Seen from above with the dura opened, the brain is grey-violet with the sagittal sinus down the middle, veins in blue and arteries in red, two skull-base sections below; Sobotta, 1920. For a neurosurgeon's office or study wall, hung with The Brain (from above), at 24×36 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique anatomical plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- blue, red, grey, white
- Mood
- vivid, graphic
- Rooms
- study or library, home office, classroom
- Good gift for
- scientists, men, him, doctors & nurses
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. A slim black or dark wood frame with no mat (black sharpens an engraving, dark wood warms a colour plate), hung at eye level so the plate can be read. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
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The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.
