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A man once designated as Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), anatomist. Oil painting by a follower of a Venetian painter, 16th century.

A skeleton seen from the front, resting the bones of the right forearm on a spade and holding a skull aloft in its left hand. On the left is an illustration of the sacrum and on the right, a skull in profile, with further bones to be seen at the skeleton's feet. Photograph of a woodcut, c. 1590.

Andreas Vesalius. Line engraving, 1600.

Andreas Vesalius. Woodcut after J. S. van Calcar (?).

Andreas Vesalius. Line engraving by P. Galle, 1572, after J. S. van Calcar (?).

Andreas Vesalius. Etching by E. Bocourt after J. S. van Calcar.

Andreas Vesalius. Line engraving by W.J.J. Des Hauvents.

Andreas Vesalius. Line engraving by L. Gaultier.

Andreas Vesalius. Lithograph by E. Milster after E. J. C. Hamman, 1849.

De ontleedkundige afbeelding voor en in den tidj van Vesalius / [G. van Rijnberk].

Andreas Vesalius Bruxellensis : catalogue de l'exposition organizée à la Bibliothèque de l'Université du 25 mars au 31 avril.

Galen, Vesalius, da Vinci - anatomists / William H. Washburn.

Vesalius : het lichaam in beeld / Geert Vanpaemel ; autrurs: Maurits Biesbrouck, Tinne Claes, Andrew Cunningham, Veronique Deblon, Raf De Bont, Joris Vandendriessche, Tim Huisman, Hieke Huistra, Pieter Huistra, Morwena Joly-Parvex, Rina Knoeff, Sandra Mühlenberend, Omer Steeno, Geert Vanpaemel, Kaat Wils ; inleiding: Peter Carmeliet.

Andrea Vesalio, G.B. Canani e la Scuola Medica Revisionistico-Sperimentale Ferrarese del Rinascimento / Giulio Muratori, Delfino Bighi.

Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholae medicorum Patauinae professoris De humani corporis fabrica libri septem.

Andreae Vesalii Suorum de humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome / [Andreas Vesalius].

Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

Abvbetri Rhazae Maomethi, ob vsvm experientiámqve mvltiplicem, et ob certissimas ex demonstrationibus logicis indicationes, ad omnes praeter naturam affectus, atque etiam propter remediorum uberrimam materiam, summi medici opera exquisitiora ... Per Gerardvm Toletanum ... Cremonensem, Andream Vesalium ... Albanvm Torinum, ... latinitate donata, ac iam primum ... ad uetustum codicem summo studio collata et restaurata ... / [Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā Rāzī].

A muscleman, seen from the front. Engraving, 1713, after a woodcut, 1543.

Two male figures, seen from the front and back, with the cutaneous veins of the human body displayed. Engraving, 1568.

Andreae Vesalii, Anatomicarum Gabrielis Falloppii observationum examen.

The venous and arterial system of the human body with internal organs and detail figures of the generative system. Engraving, 1568.

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Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564

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A muscleman, seen from the front. Engraving, 1713, after a woodcut, 1543.

Two male figures, seen from the front and back, with the cutaneous veins of the human body displayed. Engraving, 1568.

Andreae Vesalii, Anatomicarum Gabrielis Falloppii observationum examen.

The venous and arterial system of the human body with internal organs and detail figures of the generative system. Engraving, 1568.