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Skeleton of a boy sitting on the 'D' of 'Dream', from Francesco Bertinatti, Elementi di anatomia fisiologica applicata alle belle arti figurative (Turin, 1837-39). Artist: Mecco Leone. Lithograph
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A dissected torso that serves as an anatomical coat of arms. The phrase 'INEVITABILE FATUM (inevitable fate), 1537' is inscribed on the base. Cropped, from Johannes Eichmann (also known as Dryander), Anatomiae, hoc est, corporis humani dissectionis... (Marburg, 1537). Woodcut.

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Anatomiae, hoc est, corporis humani dissectionis...

Marburg, 1537. Woodcut. National Library of Medicine.

Johannes Eichmann
(also known as Dryander)
(1500-1560)
[anatomist]

Dryander, a German professor of anatomy, revised the works of Berengario and Mondino. Here, a torso serves as an anatomical coat of arms. The phrase "INEVITABILE FATUM" (inevitable fate) links the illustration to the iconography of death: the dissected body and skeleton remind us of our mortality.

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