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The “tree of veins”

Leonardo da Vinci1491

Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza

Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Italy

In his studies of anatomy, Leonardo implemented a strategy of representation based simultaneously on image and word, on “figuration” and on “description”. Some general images reveal a comparison with the illustrations in the Fasciculo de medicina: for example, the “tree of veins” – the circulatory system – (about 1491) and the large table of the female anatomy (approx. 1508).

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  • Title: The “tree of veins”
  • Creator: Leonardo da Vinci
  • Date Created: 1491
  • Physical Location: Windsor, Royal Collection Trust, RL 12597
  • Subject Keywords: Leonardo da Vinci
  • More Information: 8.4_RL12597_albero-di-vene_
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