Anatomical prints by Johann Daniel Preissler

Physical development of the male from a folio of prints published in 1750 by Johann Daniel Preissler.

The print is available on Ebay.

A study of the muscles of the arm, another hand colored print from the same folio. Johann Daniel Preissler was a painter and engraver. He was born in 1666 in Nuremberg. He studied in Italy. In 1704 he became the director if the Nürnberger Malerakademie.

Heads, Feet and Arms from a similar portfolio, Johann Daniel Preißler - Gründliche Zeichen kunst für junge Leute und Liebhaberaus allen Ständen. This one was published in 1795 after his death.

They are all teaching tools which must have served his students well in his academy. He taught Karl Marcus Tuscher and influenced Caspar David Friedrich among others.

Other posts:
Johann Daniel Preissler
How to Draw People - Johann Daniel Preissler
Johann Daniel Preißler - Gründliche Zeichen kunst für junge Leute

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Der ideale Kunstkorper: Johann Wolfgang Goethe als Sammler von Druckgraphiken und Zeichnungen (ASTHETIK UM 1800) (German Edition)

Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire universel raisonné des connoissances humaines By Denis Diderot

 Heads, Legs, Mouths and Ears.

 Eyes and Noses, Hands.

More prints from the Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire universel raisonné des connoissances humaines By Denis Diderot. These are for the use of artists in learning drawing.

Other images are at this post.

The prints are available on Ebay.

 

On the left  an anatomical drawing of Apollo which is on sale on Ebay.

The sculpture, Apollo Ignudo, e con la Faretra Legata ad un Tronco, appears in 'Raccolta di Statue Antiche e Moderne', set of 162 prints bound in full leather, with explanatory text by Paolo Alessandro Maffei. The middle picture is from another post that shows more prints from the set the picture on the right is from another site Philographikon.


Marmora pompeiana nel Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli (translation- Marmora Pompeiana in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples: the sculptural furniture of the houses of Pompeii) has an entry on a similar sculpture on page 210.

Marmora Pompeiana nel Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli: gli arredi scultorei delle case pompeiane

Traite Complet de la Peintore - Human Proportions

Proportions of the figure.

Human proportions in plates from Traite Complet de la Peintore by Jacques-Nicolas Paillot de Montabert. Jacques-Nicolas Paillot de Montabert was born in 1771 and died in 1849. He painted scenes of the rule of Napoleon I. Wikipedia article.

The Traite Complet de la Peintore (Complete treatise on painting) was composed of nine volumes and a volume of plates, Chez Bossange, (Paris) 1829. These images are from the volume of plates. You can see the complete volume at Gallica Bibliotheque Numerique.

Proportions of the figure as skeleton and muscular system.

Proportions of the head, proportions of the hand and foot.

 Proportions of the figure, proportions of a child.

"Jacques-Nicolas Paillot de Montabert ; 1771-1849"

Théorie Du Geste Dans L'Art De La Peinture: Renferment Plusieurs Préceptes Applicables À L'Art De Théâtre : Suivie Des Principes Du Beau Optique, Pour ... Dans Le Geste Pittoresque (French Edition)

L'Artistaire: Livre des Principales Initiations Aux Beaux-Arts

Emulation: Making Artists for Revolutionary France

PRACTICAL ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY & PATHOLOGY by T.S. Lambert

This chromolithograph is from "PRACTICAL ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY & PATHOLOGY" by T.S. Lambert and published by Sanborn, Carter & Co in Portland in 1890.

The print on Ebay.

The Muscular System Manual: The Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body, 3e

Drawing Hands and Feet from a Cast

19th century academic drawing of a foot from a cast by Paul Maillet.

More info on drawing feet at this post: How to Draw a Foot.

19th century drawings of hands from casts.

Drawing Hands & Feet: Form, Proportions, Gestures and Actions (Art of Drawing)

Drawing And Painting Hands And Feet


Hands & Feet: The Pocket Guide to Drawing Hands and Feet from Every Angle (Mini Manga)


The Book of a Hundred Hands (Dover Anatomy for Artists)


Drawing Hands (Dover Art Instruction)