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


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LDE T0143   CID59  How to represent old Men

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To represent an old Man standing, you must give him a dull Indolent Attitude, with slow Motions, his Knees a little bent, his Feet stradling, his Back crooked, his Head stooping forwards, and his Arms rather folded, than spread out too wide.