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Anleitung zur Anatomischen Kenntniss des menschlichen Körpers für Zeichen und Bildhauer (Anatomical Manual Offering Knowledge of the Human Body to Draftsmen and Sculptors)

Publisher Ziegler und Söhne Swiss
1790
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Anleitung zur Anatomischen Kenntniss des menschlichen Körpers für Zeichen und Bildhauer (Anatomical Manual Offering Knowledge of the Human Body to Draftsmen and Sculptors)
  • Author: Johann Heinrich Lavater (Swiss, 1768–1819)
  • Artist: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (Dutch, 1726–1798)
  • Publisher: Ziegler und Söhne (Zurich)
  • Date: 1790
  • Medium: Engravings
  • Dimensions: 7 1/2 × 4 13/16 × 13/16 in. (19 × 12.2 × 2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.648.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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