Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10325
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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
This diagram illustrates the proportions of the human head using different angles and rotations of the head.
Plate 3 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Tetes racourcies de front. 7.’
Plate 3 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Tetes racourcies de front. 7.’
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.
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