Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10331
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Side view of male torso and arm
Date
1663
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X4/2
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 183mm
width (print): 235mm
width (print): 235mm
Subject
Content object
Description
This diagram illustrates the proportions of the male torso, splitting it into three sections. It also illustrates the proportions of the arm and correlates them with those of the torso.
Plate 12 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Particularitez des corps humain, veu de costé, & proportion d’icely: ensemble du bras veu par le dessus. 16’
Plate 12 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Particularitez des corps humain, veu de costé, & proportion d’icely: ensemble du bras veu par le dessus. 16’
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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