Anatomische studie van menselijke huid en nagel
1737
Medium
etching
Dimensions
117; 164
About this artwork
Jan L'Admiral gebruikte voor de groep mezzotinten met het onderwerp 'Anatomische studie van menselijke huid en nagel' vier verschillende platen: A, B, C en D. Proefdruk voor illustratie in: Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried. Dissertatio secunda. De sede et caussa coloris Aethiopum et caeterorum hominum, Leiden: Dirk Haak (II) en Amsterdam: Jacob Graal en Hendrik de Leth, 1737.
About the Artist
Jan l'Admiral · 1699–1773
Jan l'Admiral (1699–1773) was a pioneering Dutch engraver whose mastery of color mezzotint technique and collaboration with leading anatomists made him a crucial figure in both artistic printmaking and scientific illustration. Born in Amsterdam in 1699 to an engraver father of the same name, l'Admiral belonged to a family of printmakers and received training that would position him at the forefron...