Views of the reclining male figure Finish:Float frame Full-length portrait of the Marquise

Full-length portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764)

is shown standing beside a table loaded with all the matters he must deal with during his term in office

representing the Balkans

First Lord of the Treasury

Views of the reclining male figure Finish:Float frame Full-length portrait of the MarquiseThis diagram illustrates the reclining anatomical proportions of the male figure; one is a side view, one from above and one a feet first foreshortened view. Plate 29 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstre by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: 'Figure entiere du corps humain racourcie de front, veu par la plante des pieds, le ventre dessus. 35 I3' Original: engraving. 1663