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A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London


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LDE T0318   CID200  Of the Equilibrium of a Figure

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A Figure standing on one of its Feet, will always have the Shoulder of that side lower than the other; and the Hole of the Neck, at the same time, perpendicularly over the middle of the Leg which supports the Body. This will be the Case, in whatever Line the Figure be seen; whether its Arms be but little advanced from the Body; whether it be free of any Burthen on its Back, its Shoulder, or its Hand; or whether the Leg out of Office, be not far detached from the Body, either forwards or backwards.