Sixth Table of the Muscles — Andreas Vesalius

This celebrated Renaissance anatomical figure comes from Andreas Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem, one of the foundational works in the history of anatomical illustration. Identified on the page as the Sexta Musculorum Tabula, or Sixth Table of the Muscles, the standing figure reveals progressively exposed layers of the body's musculature and associated structures.

Rather than presenting anatomy as an isolated diagram, the figure occupies a carefully constructed Renaissance landscape. One arm rises expressively while the other extends downward, giving the body an almost theatrical presence. A winding road, distant buildings, towers, rocks, vegetation, and rolling terrain surround the figure. Fine linework describes muscles, tendons, ribs, hands, feet, and anatomical landmarks, while small reference letters connect the image to the explanatory text of the original volume.

Artwork Details

• Artist: Workshop associated with Andreas Vesalius; woodcut designer traditionally associated with Jan Stephan van Calcar
• Title: Sixth Table of the Muscles
• Original title: Sexta Musculorum Tabula
• Series: De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem, Book II
• Date: 1543
• Period: Renaissance
• Place of Origin: Basel, Switzerland
• Medium: Woodcut anatomical illustration in printed book

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