Eighth Table of the Muscles — Andreas Vesalius

This anatomical figure comes from Andreas Vesalius’s De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, first published in Basel in 1543. Identified as the Octava musculorum tabula, or Eighth Table of the Muscles, the plate presents a posterior view of the human body at an advanced stage of dissection, revealing the spine, ribs, skeletal structures, and deeper tissues beneath the superficial musculature.

The figure stands with its head tilted dramatically backward within a carefully rendered landscape. Architectural ruins, vegetation, rocky terrain, and finely worked linear shading surround the anatomical subject, combining close observation of the body with the visual language of Renaissance printmaking. The result is both an anatomical study and an unusually expressive piece of early scientific illustration.

Artwork Details

• Artist: Unidentified woodcut artist; associated with Andreas Vesalius
• Title: Eighth Table of the Muscles
• Original title: Octava musculorum tabula
• Series: De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
• Date: 1543
• Period: Renaissance / 16th century
• Place of Origin: Basel, Switzerland
• Medium: Woodcut book illustration

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• Paper weight: 200 gsm (80 lb).
• Paper thickness: 0.26 mm (10.3 mils).
• Frame material: Durable pine wood.
• Frame dimensions: Approximately 20 mm (0.79 in) deep and 10–14 mm (0.4–0.6 in) wide.
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