Skeleton shown in a landscape, elbows resting on a pedestal bearing the legend: 'Vivitur ingenio, cætera mortis erunt.' A skull lies on the pedestal, held in place by the skeleton for examination.
Part of the book: Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basileæ [Basel]: Ex officina I. Oporini, 1543.