Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10335
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Proportions of a woman and child
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 anatomical proportions of the figures of a woman and child.
Plate 21 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Proportion & mesure de la femme & de l’enfant veus par le costé. 27 G3’
Plate 21 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Proportion & mesure de la femme & de l’enfant veus par le costé. 27 G3’
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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