Man and bull's head. 17th-century artwork comparing the appearance of a human head and that of a bull. This artwork was part of a study of physiognomy

---

Man and bull's head. 17th-century artwork comparing the appearance of a human head and that of a bull. This artwork was part of a study of physiognomy, the practice of assessing personality traits from a person's appearance. Artwork from the 1615 Italian edition of 'De humana physiognomonia' (On Human Physiognomy, 1586) by Italian scholar Giambattista della Porta ().

---

Size: 5069px × 3815px
Photo credit: © MIDDLE TEMPLE LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1500s, 2, 1586, 1600s, 1615, 16th, 17th, adult, anatomical, anatomy, animal, artwork, biological, biology, black--white, book, bull, caucasian, century, de, dell, della, duo, european, fauna, fisonomia, giambattista, historical, history, human, humana, huomo, illustration, italian, male, mammal, man, monochrome, nature, page, pair, people, personality, physical, physiognomonia, physiognomy, porta, pseudoscience, publication, traits, wildlife, zoological, zoology