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Black-and-white engraving of a skeleton standing in a landscape with trees and hills, a small figure at left lifting a drape behind it.

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

An engraved plate shows a skeleton standing in an open landscape of trees and hills, one arm outstretched and the other raised, while a small figure at left lifts a billowing drape behind it. Fine black-and-white line engraving, with a plate number at upper right and a signature at lower left.

Artist
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
Date
1749
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2778 × 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 en un paisaje, de Tablas del esqueleto y los músculos

Una lámina grabada muestra un esqueleto de pie en un paisaje abierto con árboles y colinas, con un brazo extendido y el otro levantado, mientras una pequeña figura a la izquierda levanta una tela ondeante detrás de él. Grabado lineal en blanco y negro, con número de lámina en la esquina superior derecha y firma en la inferior izquierda.

Português: Esqueleto numa paisagem, de Tábuas do esqueleto e dos músculos

Uma gravura mostra um esqueleto em pé numa paisagem aberta, com árvores e colinas, um braço estendido e o outro erguido, enquanto uma pequena figura à esquerda levanta um tecido ondulante atrás dele. Gravação linear em preto e branco, com número da prancha no canto superior direito e assinatura no inferior esquerdo.

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