Elemens de pourtraiture, ou, La metode de representer et pourtraire toutes les parties du corps humain
Elemens de pourtraiture is a 1630 drawing manual published in Paris by Francois l'Anglois, written by Jean de Saint-Igny for artists learning portraiture and the human figure. Its small etched plates show half-length heads in profile and three-quarter view, each numbered and framed on the page, with hatched shading on the backgrounds. A designer could take from them the economical hatching technique, the layered feathered hats, and the lace collars and costume detail that suggest period character.
