Jean Cousin the Younger

1522–1595) was born in Sens, France around 1522, the son of the famous painter and sculptor Jean Cousin the Elder ca.

Just before his death, Jean the Elder published his noted work Livre de Perspective in 1560 in which he noted that his son would soon be publishing a companion entitled, Livre de Pourtraicture.

While there have been some reports that an edition of Livre de Pourtraicture was first printed in 1571 and again in 1589, no copies appear to exist.

The book is one of the most famous on the subject of artistic anatomy and was printed again and again into the late 17th century.

Mortimer, R. Harvard College Library Department of Printing and Graphic Arts catalogue of books and manuscripts.