Opere Del Conte Algarotti: Lettere Italiane
Opere del Conte Algarotti: Lettere Italiane is an 1794 Italian art-theory volume by Francesco Algarotti, part of the Cicognara collection held by Heidelberg University Library, written for readers of the fine arts. Its engravings show classical female figures in outline: a spear-bearing nude with a shield and a winged cupid, a draped woman with a palm and urn, a robed figure at a fountain-like basin, and a seated draped woman on a mound, rendered in fine hatched line that suggests restrained, antique drapery and contour for designers studying figure poses.
