Anatomie du gladiateur combattant applicable aux beaux arts, ou Traité des os, des muscles, du mécanisme de mouvemens, de proportions et des caractères du corps humain (Anatomy of the Fighting Gladiator), Paris (Salvage), 1812
Medium
Folio volume (74 pp.) illustrated with 22 engravings printed in black and red ink; bound in red boards; red leather spine with gold-stamped ornament
Dimensions
24 7/16 x 17 11/16 x 1 3/16 in. (62 x 45 x 3 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1952
Accession Number
52.546.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the world of 19th-century artistic anatomy with *Anatomie du gladiateur combattant aux beaux arts* (2), a lavish folio volume by French surgeon and artist Jean-Galbert Salv, published in Paris by Librairie Le Normant This 74-page treatise dissects the human body—bones, muscles, movement, proportions, and expressive characters—through the dynamic pose of a fighting gladiator. Crafted for fine artists, it bridges medical precision with sculptural ideals, helping painters and sculptors master the male nude in motion. Illustrated with 22 striking engravings by masters like Nikolai Utkin...
About the Artist
Librairie Le Normant|Nikolai Utkin|Jean Bosq|Treuttel & Würtz|Bunce l'ainé|Jean-Galbert Salvage (French|Russian|French|French|French|French) · |1780 |1801 | |1800 |1770 – |1868 |1844 | |1830 |1813
Paris|Russian, 1780–1868|French, active 1801–44| | |French, 1770–1813