Juan Valverde de Amusco - Man Skin Anatomy

Juan Valverde de Amusco - Man Skin - PRINT - Juan Valverde de Amusco  (c. 1526) - Valverde's most famous work was Historia de la composicion del cuerpo humano, first published in Rome, 1556.  All but four of its 42 engraved copperplate illustrations were taken almost directly from Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Vesalius bitterly commented on Valverde's plagiarism, accusing him of having performed very few dissections himself. Occasionally, however, Valverde corrected Vesalius' images, as in his depictions of the muscles of the eyes, nose, and larynx. One of Valverde's most striking original plates is that of a muscle figure holding his own skin in one hand and a knife in the other, which has been likened to Saint Bartholomew in The Last Judgment (Michelangelo) of the Sistine Chapel. 8.5 X 11 Inch - Reproduction printed on parchment paper. *Many of these originals are hundreds of years old so it's a given they would be in need of some polishing. Each print has been digi