Proportions of the human body: four figures of the Farnese Hercules and the Laocoön group, with proportions marked. Line engraving by W. Grainger, 1788/1795, after G. Audran (?).

  • Audran, Gérard, 1640-1703.
Date:
[1788/1795]
Reference:
561911i
  • Pictures
  • Online

Available online

view Proportions of the human body: four figures of the Farnese Hercules and the Laocoön group, with proportions marked. Line engraving by W. Grainger, 1788/1795, after G. Audran (?).

Contains: 1 image

View

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

Proportions of the human body: four figures of the Farnese Hercules and the Laocoön group, with proportions marked. Line engraving by W. Grainger, 1788/1795, after G. Audran (?). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Selected images from this work

View 1 image

About this work

Publication/Creation

[London] (17, Paternoster Row) : C. Cooke, [1788/1795]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 35.5 x 21.1 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Proportions of the human body accurately measured from the most admired antique statues at Rome. See the treatise on drawing, Section 2. Plate 3. Grainger sc. Lettering includes proportion measurements in addition to explanatory sentence beneath each figure

Reference

Wellcome Collection 561911i

Reproduction note

After Gérard Audran, Les proportions du corps humain, mesurées sur les plus belles figures de l'Antiquité, Paris, 1683(?)

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in "Bodyscapes" at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 21st February 2020 - 24th July 2021
Exhibited in ‘The Cult of Beauty’ at Wellcome Collection, London, 26 October 2023 – 28 April 2024

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

    Note

Permanent link