The Left Heart Opened (mitral valve)
The Left Heart Opened (mitral valve) (Johannes Sobotta · illus. K. Hajek & A. Schmitson) — Atlas der deskriptiven Anatomie des Menschen, 1920 · Johannes Sobotta, vol. II, leaf 198.
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This print
Where it works
Sobotta's 1920 plate 20 opens the left side of the heart in two colour figures, red muscle cut away to show the mitral valve, its white cords and ivory lining. For a cardiologist or cardiac nurse, with The Right Heart Opened, at 16×24 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique anatomical plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- red, ivory, pink, white
- Mood
- vivid, clinical
- Rooms
- home office, study or library, classroom
- Good gift for
- scientists, men, him, doctors & nurses
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. 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.
Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
