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A color mezzotint print portrays a piece of bone with a section of muscle attached at the joint.
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42427.2
People
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, German (1697 - 1770)
Title
Knee Joint, from Dissertatio secunda. De sede et caussa coloris Aethiopum et caeterorum hominum (Second Dissertation: On the Seat and Cause of the Color of Ethiopians and Other Human Beings)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1737
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/377154

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Three-color mezzotint
Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
print sheet: 11.7 × 16.2 cm (4 5/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
mount sheet: 28.3 × 23.7 cm (11 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Courtesy of Boston Medical Library
Object Number
TL42427.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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