Artist
J Wetselaar-Whittaker
J Wetselaar-Whittaker is an artist. 29 works are cataloged here, principally at Leiden University Libraries.
This artist made precise studies of the body—drawings and sculptures that cut straight to the bones, muscles, and tissues. Look at *Frontal view of the human skull* in sculpture or *Musculoskeletal system of the throat/neck of an embryo* in delicate linework. They weren’t inventing—just laying out what’s there, piece by piece. Tap *Heel, seen from below* to see another angle of the skeleton.
Works by J Wetselaar-Whittaker
- Surgery on a part of the human body
- Knee joint
- Heart surgery
- Tissue of the human embryo
Muscular tissue of a joint
Muscular tissue of the abdomen
Female lower back and buttocks
Female torso, holding up the right arm
Muscular tissue of the pelvis
Cross section of the pelvis
Pelvis bones
Protrusion of the lower back
Four somites of a mouse
Two somites of a mouse
Two cross sections of the human heart
Skull seen from three sides
Rat embryo
Muscular tissue of the human neck
Operation on human tissue
Musculoskeletal system of the foot joint
Movement of the radius and ulna
Right foot
Muscular tissue of the heel, seen from below
Foot of a human embryo
29 works in the catalog · 24 shown
Collections represented
Museum
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