The Human Skeleton (front, leaning on a spade)
The Human Skeleton (front, leaning on a spade) (Andreas Vesalius · woodcut, workshop of Titian) — De humani corporis fabrica, 1543 · Andreas Vesalius, Book I, first skeleton.
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This print
Where it works
The first skeleton plate of Vesalius's 1543 Fabrica: a full skeleton seen from the front, leaning on a long-handled spade before low hills, bones lettered in black woodcut on ivory paper. For a chiropractor's waiting room, hung beside The Skeleton Contemplating a Skull, at 24×36 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique anatomical plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- black, ivory
- Mood
- precise, calm
- Rooms
- home office, study or library, 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.
