Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10326
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Proportions of the hand
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 inside, outside and edge of the hand. The proportions of the palm, wrist and fingers are annotated.
Plate 5 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Particularitez des mains veues par dedans, par de hors, & par le costé. 9’
Plate 5 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Particularitez des mains veues par dedans, par de hors, & par le costé. 9’
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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