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A female face expressing admiration. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Two outlines of faces expressing admiration (left) and astonishment (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

Outline of a face in extreme pain (left); a woman's head, showing admiration. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

Faces expressing the passions and showing the muscles relation to expression, with an explanation of the art of 'pathognomy', the reading of facial expression. Etching, c. 1800.

Four faces expressing (clockwise from top left): admiration mixed with astonishment, admiration, veneration, and ecstasy. Etching by A.-J. Defehrt after C. Le Brun.

Six faces expressing human passions: profiles and frontal views of admiration, desire and veneration. Pen drawing after C. Le Brun.

A female figure expressing admiration touched with astonishment. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Eight heads showing human passions. Etching by Taylor, 1788, after C. Le Brun.

A man cruising at the Gare Centrale in Brussels; an advertisement for safe sex in AIDS prevention. Lithograph by Bart Verhaegen for Aide Info Sida, ca. 1996.

Two female faces expressing admiration (left) and admiration with astonishment (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

A female face expressing admiration. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.

Love & respect / GMFA, Gay Men Fighting AIDS, CHAPS, Community HIV and AIDS Prevention Strategy.

Two faces (one outlined, the other of a long-haired youth) expressing esteem. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

Three leopards, lynxes or some other animal being rewarded by cherubim who bestow garlands on them and shake down fruit from a tree for them; representing the works of Marcello Malpighi being honoured by the Royal Society. Engraving by R. White, 1675.

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A female face expressing admiration. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.

Love & respect / GMFA, Gay Men Fighting AIDS, CHAPS, Community HIV and AIDS Prevention Strategy.

Two faces (one outlined, the other of a long-haired youth) expressing esteem. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

Eight heads showing human passions. Etching by Taylor, 1788, after C. Le Brun.

Three leopards, lynxes or some other animal being rewarded by cherubim who bestow garlands on them and shake down fruit from a tree for them; representing the works of Marcello Malpighi being honoured by the Royal Society. Engraving by R. White, 1675.