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Engraving of a human skeleton viewed from behind, arms outstretched, standing in front of a rhinoceros against a stone wall.

Tables of the skeleton and muscles of the human body ... / Translated from the Latin.

An engraved anatomical plate shows a human skeleton seen from behind, one arm raised and one extended, standing before a large rhinoceros in a stone-walled setting. Fine hatched lines model the bones and the animal's heavy folded hide; the plate is numbered "TAB VIII" at upper left.

Artist
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
Date
1749
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2848 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1749.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Esqueleto visto de espalda junto a un rinoceronte, grabado anatómico

Una lámina anatómica grabada muestra un esqueleto humano visto desde atrás, con un brazo levantado y otro extendido, de pie frente a un gran rinoceronte en un entorno de muro de piedra. Las líneas finas y rayadas modelan los huesos y la piel plegada del animal; la placa lleva la numeración "TAB VIII" arriba a la izquierda.

Português: Esqueleto visto de costas ao lado de um rinoceronte, gravura anatômica

Uma prancha anatômica gravada mostra um esqueleto humano visto por trás, com um braço erguido e outro estendido, diante de um grande rinoceronte em um cenário de muro de pedra. Hachuras finas modelam os ossos e a pele dobrada do animal; a prancha traz a numeração "TAB VIII" no canto superior esquerdo.

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