Halbfigur nach links. Bildnis des flämischen Arztes Andreas Vesalius, Begründer der modernen Anatomie. 1544 Leibarzt Kaiser Karls V. und 1556 seines Sohnes Philipps II. von Spanien. Nach einem Holzschnitt von Jan Stefan van Calcar (1499-1546/50). 1572 publizierte Philips Galle das Bildnis in einer Serie von 44 Stichen berühmter Männer (Virorum Doctorum de Disciplinis benemerentium Effigies XLIIII).
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