The Venus de Medici from the front and back, and in both lateral views; with details of her head, arm and feet. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after G. Audran.
- Audran, Gérard, 1640-1703.
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- 33938i
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1 print : engraving ; image and border 31.9 x 20.8 cm
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Dessein, proportions de la Venus de Medicis ; Prevost fecit
Full measurements of the figure are printed on the sheet
Bears number: pl. XXXVIII
References note
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique. The lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 325-328, no. 88
Reference
Wellcome Collection 33938i
Reproduction note
Copied in reverse from G. Audran, Les proportions du corps humain, mesurées sur les belles figures de l'antiquité, Paris 1683, pls. 15-16
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