Author: Bernard Picart (1673-1733)
Title: [Antique print, etching] Anatomy of a lion’s paw [set title: Receuil de Lions, series A]/De anatomie van de poot van de leeuw, published 1729.
Description: Plate belonging to part A of the series 'Recueil de lions’, showing twelve anatomical images of a lion’s paw, each accompanied by a description in French. On the bottom inscribed: ‘B. Picarts sculp.’ Lettered on the bottom left: ‘A.’ numbered at the bottom right: ‘1.’Printed in Amsterdam, 1729; Print also used as a book illustration in Recueil de lions, dessinez d'après nature par divers maitres. Amsterdam: Bernard Picart, 1729. Etching on paper with small margins; plate mark: 113 x 176 mm, total: 123 x 188 mm; light foxing at the paper’s edges. Les peintres français du XVIIIe siècle : histoire des vies et catalogue, Louis Dimier, vol. 1, p. 393, cat.nr. 903-946.

Keywords: Anatomy|Animals