An academy in which men discuss the branches of study required in the education of artists: the antique, anatomy, perspective and geometry Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.

Romae [Rome] : Apud Iacobum Frey, 1728.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 46.8 x 32.1 cm

A giovani studiosi del disegno. La scuola del disegno, che s'espone delineata con le presenti figure dal sign. Cavalier Carlo Maratti, puo molto contribuire al'disinganno ... Eques Carolus Maratti inven. et delin. cum privil. summi pont. et regis christ.mi. N. Dorigny sculp. Statues of Apollo, Venus and Hercules are labelled "Non mai abastanza" (never enough). The three Graces are labelled "Senza di noi ogni fatica e vana" (without us all labour is in vain). Studies of anatomy, perspective and geometry are labelled "Tanto che basti" (as much as is sufficient)

Monique Kornell, Flesh and bones: the art of anatomy, Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2022, pp. 40-41

Wellcome Collection 32740i