Italian anatomist, sculptor and painter (1702-1766)

Ercole Lelli. Lithograph by Bettini.

Ercole Lelli and his écorché / Harvey Cushing.

Ercole Lelli and his écorché / by Harvey Cushing.

Elogio d'Ercole Lelli.

Anatomia esterna del corpo umano per uso de' pittori, e scultori delineata / ed incisa de E. Lelli con la denotazione delle parti tratta da' manuscritti del medesimo.

Anatomical figure: posterior view of the écorché figure in the anatomy theatre at Bologna. Etching by A. Cattani, 1780-1781, after E. Lelli.

Anatomical figure: anterior view of a skeleton, with muscles modelled in wax. Etching by A. Cattani, 1781, after E. Lelli and G. Manzolini.

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Ercole Lelli

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Anatomical figure: anterior view of a skeleton, with muscles modelled in wax. Etching by A. Cattani, 1781, after E. Lelli and G. Manzolini.

Anatomical figure: posterior view of the écorché figure in the anatomy theatre at Bologna. Etching by A. Cattani, 1780-1781, after E. Lelli.

Anatomia esterna del corpo umano per uso de' pittori, e scultori delineata / ed incisa de E. Lelli con la denotazione delle parti tratta da' manuscritti del medesimo.