Page 46 and Page 47, from Second Livre de Figures d’Académies Gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l’Académie Royale
published 1745
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate (Page 46): 18527.5 × 27.7 cm (607 ft., 10 5/16 in. × 10 15/16 in.); Plate (Page 47): 19 × 28 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/16 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 30.5 cm (9 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Image (Page 47): 16.7 × 26.5 cm (6 5/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Image (Page 46): 16.7 × 26.7 cm (6 5/8 × 10 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
148634
Art Historical Context
This etching, created by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau and published in 1745, comes from the *Second Livre de Figures d’Académies*, a volume of figure studies produced in part by professors of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris. Pages 46 and 47 present carefully observed studies of the human form, reflecting the academy’s emphasis on mastering anatomy and proportion as the foundation of artistic training during the Enlightenment. Executed in etching on ivory laid paper, the work exemplifies the printmaking techniques favored for disseminating academic models to students and a...