Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10338
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Reclining male figures
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 reclining anatomical proportions of two male figures, one facing forward, one backwards. With arms outstretched they jointly hold a wreath of leaves.
Plate 28 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Demonstration de deux autres figures assises, toutes deux d’un mesme traict. 34 I2’
Plate 28 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstrée by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: ‘Demonstration de deux autres figures assises, toutes deux d’un mesme traict. 34 I2’
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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