L ' Ange anatomique (The Anatomical Angel)
or Dissection of a Woman's Back
by Jacques-Fabien Gautier Dagoty
In addition to the monthly Art-in-Medicine series, Lucinda Bennett, Ascension Medical Librarian at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD, also features a monthly artwork that may be of interest to those who work in medicine.
“[Jacques-Fabien Gautier Dagoty's] studies began as a pupil of the painter and engraver Jacob Christoph Le Blon, the inventor of the first engraving and printing process that involved the use of colors (blue, yellow and red). D'Agoty claimed that he proposed an improved method, using black, but was rebuffed by Le Blon. In any event, it was d'Agoty and his sons who popularized the process of color engraving in France. For many years, they published a journal with color illustrations.
He was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon. He is best remembered for collaborating with the physician and anatomist, Guichard Joseph Duverney to produce albums of anatomical charts: the Myologie complete en couleur et grandeur naturelle (1746). The tendons and veins were described as standing out in "horrible precision".
Together with his sons, Jean-Baptiste, Honoré-Louis, Jean-Fabien, Édouard and Arnauld-Éloi [fr], he produced a "French Gallery" and a "Universal Gallery" of portraits of famous men and women, which were published in 1770 and 1772.” (Wiki)
Geography: France
Culture: Western European
Artist: Jacques-Fabien Gautier Dagoty (French, 1716 - 1785)
Medium: Color mezzotint on laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 61.2 x 46 cm (24 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number: 2012.92.47
Source: National Gallery of Art
Reprinted with the generous permission of Ms. Bennett.
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