Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 635

GERARD AUDRAN (1640-1703) Les proportions du corps humain. Girard Audran 1683 [7] pp., 28 plates. 41.7 cm.

From a noted family of French artists and engravers, Audran was one of its most distinguished members and was ultimately appointed engraver to King Louis XIV. This atlas of twenty-eight fine engravings was prepared by the author as an aid to artists and is based on classical statuary. The line drawings of such classical figures as Venus Aphrodite, Hercules, and Laocoön include detailed measurements to indicate precise proportions.

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 359; Wellcome II, p. 69

Gift of John Martin, M.D.