A giclée print from a rare anatomical engraving by Nicolas Henri Jacob from the "Complete Treatise on the Anatomy of Man" published in parts over 23 years by Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery and published in Paris by C.A. Delaunay in 1835. The work was, and is, considered to be a masterpiece. This large format giclée print is printed on acid free textured art paper 320gsm, it is an art print of the highest quality print and material available, a large an impressive artwork at over one metre in height. The print run is limited to 50 only and you will received a numbered certificate of authenticity with your artwork. The complete illustrative work represents 20 years of the life of the artist.

This anatomical engraving is from a collection dedicated to Angiology (Angeiology), the medical specialty reserved for the study of the circulatory system and the lymphatic system, that is to say the arteries, veins and lymphatic vessels.

Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782-1871) was a student of the neoclassical painter of the French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David. Bourgery considered Jacob his full collaborator in the project. Before embarking on this project, Jacob had gained considerable experience of drawing on stone for lithographic publications. The physiologist Claude Bernard played an important editorial role in the slightly expanded second edition of the work published from 1866 to 1871. Text in French, Latin and Greek. Magnificent work of medical anatomy, beautiful lithographic plates of the human body and very detailed, complete and rare.

Jean-Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797-1849) was a French doctor and anatomist from Orléans. In 20 years, with the artist Nicolas Henri Jacob, he created "Complete Treatise on the Anatomy of Man". Bourgery began his medical studies in 1813 in Paris, he also took lessons from the naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, professor at the Paris Natural History Museum. After passing the entrance exam, Bourgery worked as a clinical intern with René Laennec at the Necker hospital and with Guillaume Dupuytren at the Hôtel Dieu. From 1830, with the painter and illustrator Nicolas Henri Jacob, Bourgery worked on planning his most important work. It took nearly 20 years of teamwork to create this masterpiece. From 1840, he wrote scientific articles (often accompanied by lithographs) which were then published by the Paris Academy of Sciences. In addition, Bourgery also participated in the creation of anatomical models in stucco paper or papier-mâché for the Félix Thibert Anatomy Museum.

Nicolas Henri Jacob was a French painter and furniture designer who played a pioneering role in the art of lithography and established himself as a valuable aid to scientific publishing he was the cousin of the famous cabinetmaker Georges Jacob, Nicolas Henri was a student of Jacques-Louis David, Antoine Dupasquier and Jean-Jacques Morgan. In 1802, he presented a series of pen drawings at the Paris Salon and became court painter to Eugène de Beauharnais, for whom he worked from 1805 to 1814 in Milan. On his return to France, he found a job as a drawing teacher at the National Veterinary School of Alfort (1818-1830) then moved to Paris and began his drawing lessons. He is the master of Jean-Baptiste Léveillé. His collaborators were Edmond Pouchet, E. Roussin. His wife was the painter Charlotte Hublier. Jacob devoted himself very early to the emerging technique of lithography, of which he was one of the pioneers. His first plates were exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1819, then became recurrent from the Salon of 1824 (portraits, genre scenes, etc.): it was at this time that he began to work regularly for scientific and medical publishing. From 1830 to 1850, he devoted himself almost exclusively to the execution of the 700 lithographed plates of Bourgery's monumental work.

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