[Body Snatching]

[Body Snatching]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Damhoudere, Joost de, 1507-1581 author
Publication:
Rotterdam: Jan van Waesberghe de Jonge, 1628
Language(s):
Dutch
Format:
Still image
Genre(s):
Book Illustrations
Abstract:
A man appears to be carving a human figure on the lid of a sarcophagus; another man (perhaps the patron) observes; on the right, two men are in the act of burying or exhuming a body in a church cemetery.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):
Is part of: Practycke in criminele saecken, p. 232.; (DNLM)2331013R
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
woodcut
NLM Unique ID:
101435597 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A012756
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101435597