An ideal human head looking at something distant. Drawing, c. 1794, after N. Poussin.

  • Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.
Date:
1794?
Reference:
30222i
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An ideal human head looking at something distant. Drawing, c. 1794, after N. Poussin. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the text Lavater calls this "a fashionable ideal form". The attitude is that of "suspending judgement over a distinct object he attends to"

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[London], 1794?

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil

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Bears number: 3

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Wellcome Collection 30222i

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