Франсоа Тортеба и неговото „Abrege d’Anatomie“
François Tortebat and His 𝐴𝑏𝑟é𝑔é 𝑑’𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑒

Summary/Abstract: The first official edition of the anatomy of the human body, intended for artists, appeared in Paris in 1668. Its author is the French artist and engraver François Tortebat (1616–1690). It was intended to be used for teaching anatomy to artists 20 years earlier, in 1648, at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The text is very little and the illustrations are copies of those from Andreas Vesalius’ groundbreaking work 𝐷𝑒 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝐹𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎. François Tortebat’s 𝐴𝑏𝑟é𝑔é 𝑑’𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑒, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑é 𝑎𝑢𝑥 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑡 𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 is very popular, which is indicated by the fact that it was republished in France in 1733 and in 1760. Thus, his textbook has been used by generations of artists in their academic training in art.

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