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Myologie Complette en Couleur et Grandeur Naturelle

Publisher Gautier French
1746
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Jacques-Fabien Gautier-Dagoty received a royal license for his technique of four-plate color printing in mezzotint, a process closely derived from the three-plate method of his teacher, Jacob Christoph Le Blon (to which Gautier-Dagoty added a plate printed in black or brown). Although he also made prints that reproduced paintings or depicted notable figures, Gautier-Dagoty's special interests lay in anatomy, botany, and zoology—fields that would be revolutionized by the publication of accurate color illustrations. He founded the first French illustrated scientific journal, and prepared large-scale publications such as Myologie complète en couleur et grandeur naturelle a treatise on the anatomy of muscles.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Myologie Complette en Couleur et Grandeur Naturelle
  • Author: Joseph Guichard Duverney (French, 1648–1730)
  • Artist: Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty (French, Marseille 1716–1785 Paris)
  • Publisher: Gautier (Paris)
  • Date: 1746
  • Medium: Illustrations: color mezzotints
  • Dimensions: 22 1/16 × 15 9/16 × 1 3/16 in. (56 × 39.5 × 3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.52.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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