Pair Of Plaster Flayed Figures, After Antiquity - 19th Century

Impressive pair of anatomical statues representing flayed male figures, known as écorchés, made of patinated plaster. Each of the figures presents a high level of anatomical detail, revealing with precision the superficial musculature and subcutaneous structures of the human body. These educational models are typical of the academic teaching of artistic and medical anatomy in the 19th century. They served as a visual aid in fine art schools or in anatomy cabinets, allowing the in-depth study of human morphology. The treatment of the modeling is of a striking naturalism, probably resulting from a direct cast from life or very faithful to a known academic work (potentially inspired by Jean-Antoine Houdon or the écorché by Fragonard at the Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort). Wear and tear and losses. In its original condition.