A SET OF TWENTY-EIGHT DRAWINGS OF ANTIQUE ROMAN SCULPTURES, EIGHTEEN BEING THE ORIGINAL STUDIES FOR THE 1683 COMPENDIUM “LES PROPORTIONS DU CORPS HUMAIN” AND TEN DRAWINGS AFTER THE PUBLICATION Eighteen Drawings, Late seventeenth Century, French. Ten Drawings , of Similar Date, English.
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Ink and wash on paper, and ink on paper.
The present collection of drawings comprises what are eighteen original works for the 1683 compendium Les Proportions du corps humain mesurés sur les plus belles figures de l’antiquité, published by Girard Audran (1640-1703), as well as a set of ten drawings made after the plates the publication.
Measurements:
Average size: Width: 6 3/4″ (17.14 cm); Height: 11 1/2″ (cm).
Largest: Width: 8 1/8″ (cm); Height: 12 1/8″ (cm).
Smallest: Width: 2 7/16″; Height; 6 1/4″ (cm).
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