A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 169

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A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
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4007578A Treatise on Painting — How to paint WomenJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci
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Chap. CLXIX.—How to paint Women.

Women are to be represented in modest and reserved attitudes, with their knees rather close, their arms drawing near each other, or folded about the body; their heads looking downwards, and leaning a little on one side.

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