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| 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."
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| 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.
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| printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit Proportions of the Apollo Belvedere 1747 etching, engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit Proportions of the Farnese Hercules 1747 etching, engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit Proportions - Woman - Front 1747 etching, engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit Proportions - Woman - Side 1747 etching, engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit Proportions - Woman - Back 1747 etching,, engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit Proportions - Women - Heads 1747 etching, engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit Proportions - Child 1747 etching, engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit Proportions - Man - Front 1747 etching, engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit Proportions - Man - Side 1747 etching, engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| printed by Jan Punt after design by Jacob de Wit Proportions - Man - Back 1747 etching, engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| 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.
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| Jan Punt Jan Punt in stage-role of Achilles 1770 etching, engraving Rijksmuseum |