The Anatomical Theatre of the University of Leiden

This rare and amusing - if rather macabre - print is the first plate of a series of four etchings dedicated to places of learning and exercise at Leiden University. The other three plates depict the University Library, the Fencing School, and the Botanical Gardens. One impression of the present print at the Albertina in Vienna is accompanied with a separately printed text in German, another at Coburg comes with separately printed texts in German, Latin and French.
In the second state, the artists' and publishers names have been removed and replaced with the address of C. I. Visscher as the publisher.