Jean-Galbert Salvage and His Anatomie du gladiateur combattant: Art and Patronage in Post-Revolutionary France.

In this article the author discusses circumstances surrounding the 1812 publication of the book "Anatomie du gladiateur combattant, applicable aux beaux arts, ou, Traité des os, des muscles, du mécanisme des mouvemens, des proportions et des caractères du corps humain," by Jean-Galbert Salvage. A number of issues are examined including the functioning of the French government immediately following the French Revolution and the nature of patronage in post-Revolutionary France. A biography of Salvage is provided.