Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10324
Looking for a special gift? Buy a print of this image.
Front and side view of the head
Date
1663
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X4/2
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 183mm
width (print): 240mm
width (print): 240mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Diagram illustrating the proportions of the human head; it vertically divides the head and neck into five separate sections.
Plate 1 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Proportions & mesures de la teste veuë de front, & de costé ou profil, & particulatités d’icelle. 4.’
Plate 1 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Proportions & mesures de la teste veuë de front, & de costé ou profil, & particulatités d’icelle. 4.’
Object history
Jean Cousin’s publication was created to assist those involved in the arts (‘painters, sculptures, goldsmiths, architects, carpenters’) in the ‘true science’ of anatomy and portraiture. It proved very popular and from its first publication in c.1595, continued to be reprinted until the late 17th century.
Associated place