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Théorie De La Figure Humaine

Merken, Johann, Rubens, Peter Paul [Hrsg.], Aveline, Pierre Alexandre [Ill.], Pasquier, Jean Jacques [Ill.], Huquier, Gabriel [Ill.], Dandré-Bardon, Michel-François [Ill.], Boucher, Juste Nathan François [Ill.], Natoire, Charles [Ill.], Le Moyne, François [Ill.] · 1773 · 109 pictures

Théorie De La Figure Humaine is a set of etched plates printed in 1773 in Germany, edited by Johann Merken from drawings attributed to Peter Paul Rubens and engraved by Pierre Alexandre Aveline and Jean Jacques Pasquier, for artists studying the human figure. The pages show several small etchings per sheet: putti and figures in clouds, a shepherd group under trees, a standing man with a staff, and heraldic cartouches framed with foliage. A designer could take the loose, sketchy hatching and the cloud and foliage vignettes as models for airy border ornament and figure studies.

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