Thursday, September 29, 2016

Figure Studies printed in Amsterdam by Jan Punt

Jan Punt
Statue of the Venus de'Medici from steeply below & steeply above
1777
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

The print above  depicting the Venus de' Medici twice  was supplied by Jan Punt (1711-1779) as an illustration to a book published in 1778. Antoine George Eckhardt's Description d'un graphometre universel explained the author's method for drawing "every sort of object in the most precise manner."

Jan Punt
Relative proportions from child to adult
1777
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

The series below was printed by Jan Punt after Jan de Wit's designs. The prints were bound as illustrations in the book de Wit published in 1747, Proportions du corps humain.

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions of the Apollo Belvedere
1747
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions of the Farnese Hercules
1747
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions - Woman - Front
1747
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions - Woman - Side
1747
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions - Woman - Back
1747
etching,, engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions - Women - Heads
1747
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions - Child
1747
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions - Man - Front
1747
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions - Man - Side
1747
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions - Man - Back
1747
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit
Proportions - Men - Heads
1747
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum

Jan Punt  engraver, printer and publisher  was also an actor. Of this activity he was evidently very proud. Below, this multi-talented man drew the design, cut the plate, printed and published it  and so commemorated his own performance as Achilles before an Amsterdam audience.

Jan Punt
Jan Punt in stage-role of Achilles
1770
etching, engraving
Rijksmuseum