An écorché, seen from the back. Engraving by Philip Galle.

  • Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612.
Date:
1589
Reference:
26116i
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Publication/Creation

[Antwerp] : [P. Galle]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 23.2 x 15.1 cm

Lettering

Phls Galle fecit et excudit

References note

A. Dolders, Illustrated Bartsch, New York 1987, lvi, no. 207:1-13
F. W. H. Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam 1949-, vii, nos 789-801
Manfred Sellink, "'As a guide to the highest learning': an Antwerp drawing book dated 1589", Simiolus, 1992, 21: 40-56

Reference

Wellcome Collection 26116i

Notes

From a series of thirteen prints comprised of skeletons, écorchés and nudes by Philip Galle (1537-1612). The fourth print from the series is of an écorché in the same pose, but seen from the front

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