What Beautiful Muscles You Have
Antonio Cattani created these engravings in the 1780s based on sculptures by Ercole Lelli, who examined at least 50 cadavers in preparation. The sculptures were created for the “anatomical theater” of the medical school at the University of Bologna, a room dedicated to the teaching of anatomy through dissections of human bodies. The engravings helped art students master the parts of the body.
More on these life-size engravings, new in the collection.
Anatomical Figures, 1780 (left) and 1781 (right), Antonio Cattani. The Getty Research Institute
