Detail View: Ars Anatomica: [Adam and Eve]

Work Record ID: 
0041227
Shelfmark: 
Ab 3.58
Holding Institution: 
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Catalogue Number: 
424
Title: 
Adam and Eve
Creator: 
Hertford, John (active 1534-1548)
Creator Role: 
Printer
Creator: 
Geminus, Thomas (b.Circa 1510, d.1562)
Creator Role: 
Author
Date: 
1545
Description: 
The nude figures of Adam and Eve pose; Adam holds the apple and on the ground between them a serpent slithers in a skull. These figures derive from the Epitome of Vesalius (1543) unlike most of the plates which are copied from the Fabrica. In the Epitome, however, the figures are separate plates and are simply illustrations of surface anatomy. Here, Geminus has added the apple and the serpent to transform them into Adam & Eve. The skull is derived from one of the views of the base of the skull in the Fabrica.
Work Type: 
Print
Measurement: 
33.6 x 32cm (1' 1 1/4" x 1' 5/8")
Material: 
Ink
Material: 
Paper
Technique: 
Engraving
Subject Category: 
Anatomy
Subject Category: 
Human Body
Reference: 
Bird 1037; Cushing VI.C.-2,
Related Work Title: 
Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio, aere exarata
Related Work Page No: 
plate 1
Related Work Creator: 
Geminus, Thomas
Related Work Notes: 
Host Item
Rights Statement: 
Image © 2005 Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
105113488
Repro Notes: 
plate 1
Repro Title: 
[Adam and Eve]
Repro ID Number: 
0041227c
Repro Old ID Number: 
ai0227
Repro Rights Statement: 
© Edinburgh University Library
Repro Capture Date: 
20/01/2004 16:32:00