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Eindelijk! De Lairesse : klassieke schoonheid in de Gouden Eeuw / redactie: Josien Beltman, Paul Knolle, Quirine van der Meer Mohr.

La curieuse destinée des planches anatomiques de Gérard de Lairesse, peintre en Holland : Lairesse, Bidloo, Cowper / par Dumaître ; avec la collaboration de Janine Samion-Contet ; preface du Marcel Florkin.

Muscles of the lower leg and foot. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

Anatomia humani corporis / centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis, demonstrata.

Anatomia humani corporis, 105 tabulis / per ... G. de Lairesse ... delineatis, demonstrata.

The skin removed from the lower leg, exposing the muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.

Muscles of the shoulder, upper and lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The principles of drawing: or, an easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art. Being a compleat drawing book: containing A curious Collection of Examples in all the Variety of Cases; As the several Parts of the Human Body, whole Figures, Landskips, Cattle, Building, &c. curiously Engraved on Copper-Plates, after the Designs of Albert Durer, Abrah. Bloemart, Carlo Morac, Le Clerc, Hollar, and other Great Masters. To which is prefix'd, an introduction to drawing; Containing an Account of the Instruments and Materials used in Drawing, and the Method of managing them; also Instructions to form the Judgment of a young Beginner, and direct his Hand in Practice, with easy and proper Lessons for him at the first Entrance. Also, Easy and Proper Lessons for a Young Beginner, with Instructions to form his Judgment and direct his Practice. Translated from the French of Monsieur Gerard de Lairesse, and improved with abstracts from C. A. Du Fresnoy.

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The liver and the kidneys. Engraving, 1686, the third, fourth and fifth figures after G. de Lairesse, 1685.

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Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711

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Anatomia humani corporis, 105 tabulis / per ... G. de Lairesse ... delineatis, demonstrata.

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The liver and the kidneys. Engraving, 1686, the third, fourth and fifth figures after G. de Lairesse, 1685.