Design: Proportions of the Farnese Hercules, from Encyclopédie
An engraved plate of anatomical studies on cream paper, showing a muscular male figure seen from front and back, a second figure in profile, a detached arm, and two heads. Numbered sections and fine labels mark proportions, with the title Dessein and the caption Proportions de l'Hercule Farnese below.
- Artist
- Benoît-Louis Prévost
- Date
- 1762/77
- Medium
- Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2571 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1777).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Buckingham Book Appropriation