Black-and-white engraving of a skeleton standing in a landscape with trees and hills, a small figure at left lifting a drape behind it.

Skeleton in a landscape: Tables of the skeleton and muscles

An engraved plate shows a skeleton standing in an open landscape of trees and hills, one arm outstretched and the other raised, while a small figure at left lifts a billowing drape behind it. Fine black-and-white line engraving, with a plate number at upper right and a signature at lower left.

Artist: Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
Date: 1749
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Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2778 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1749.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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Skeleton in a landscape: Tables of the skeleton and muscles

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