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Andries Van Wesel Collection

Background imageAndries Van Wesel Collection: De humani corporis fabrica (Of the Structure of the Human Body), 1555

De humani corporis fabrica (Of the Structure of the Human Body), 1555

Background imageAndries Van Wesel Collection: Portrait of Girolamo Mercuriale, 1588-1589. Creator: Lavinia Fontana

Portrait of Girolamo Mercuriale, 1588-1589. Creator: Lavinia Fontana
Portrait of Girolamo Mercuriale, 1588-1589. The Italian physician and scholar Girolamo Mercuriale (1530-1606) reads an edition of the pioneering work on human anatomy "On the Fabric of the Human

Background imageAndries Van Wesel Collection: Portrait of Doctor Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, published 1574

Portrait of Doctor Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, published 1574. Creators: Unknown, Johannes Sambucus
Portrait of Doctor Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, published 1574

Background imageAndries Van Wesel Collection: Title Page and Dedication for the 'Compendiosa totius Anatomiae delineatio'

Title Page and Dedication for the "Compendiosa totius Anatomiae delineatio"
Title Page and Dedication for the " Compendiosa totius Anatomiae delineatio", 1545

Background imageAndries Van Wesel Collection: Portrait of the physician Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564], c1535-1545. Artist: Steven van Calcar)

Portrait of the physician Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564], c1535-1545. Artist: Steven van Calcar)
Portrait of the physician Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564], c1535-1545. Calcar, Jan Stephan, van (1499-1546/50). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Background imageAndries Van Wesel Collection: Andreas Vesalius, 16th century Flemish anatomist, c1789-c1798

Andreas Vesalius, 16th century Flemish anatomist, c1789-c1798. Vesalius (1514-1564) great work on anatomy De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Structure of the Human Body) (1543) was a landmark

Background imageAndries Van Wesel Collection: Abdominal cavity and its contents, 1543

Abdominal cavity and its contents, 1543. From De humani corporis fabrica by Andreas Vesalius. (Basle, 1543)

Background imageAndries Van Wesel Collection: Andreas Vesalius dissecting the muscles of the forearm of a cadaver, 1543. Artist: Steven van Calcar

Andreas Vesalius dissecting the muscles of the forearm of a cadaver, 1543. Artist: Steven van Calcar
Andreas Vesalius dissecting the muscles of the forearm of a cadaver, 1543. He exhibits a partly dissected arm of a taller man. Beside the arm, on the table, are instruments and a piece of text

Background imageAndries Van Wesel Collection: Title page of Andreas Vesalius De Humani Corporis Fabrica, showing Vesalius dissecting body, 1543

Title page of Andreas Vesalius De Humani Corporis Fabrica, showing Vesalius dissecting body, 1543
Title page of Andreas Vesalius De Humani Corporis Fabrica, showing Vesalius dissecting a body, 1543

Background imageAndries Van Wesel Collection: The second plate of the muscles, from Book II of De humani corporis fabrica, 1543

The second plate of the muscles, from Book II of De humani corporis fabrica, 1543. Artist: Andreas Vesalius
The second plate of the muscles, from Book II of Andreas Vesalius De humani corporis fabrica, Basel, 1543. Engraving


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