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Effigies, nomina et cognomina S.D.N. Alexandri papae VII et RR. DD. S.R.E. Cardd. nunc viuentium

Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de, 1627-1691 · 1660 · Romae : Aeditj à Jo. Iacobo de Rubeis ad templum Pacis · 37 pictures

A 1660 Roman book of engraved portraits of Pope Alexander VII and the living cardinals of the Church, published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi at the Temple of Peace in Rome for a clerical and collector audience. The pictures are uniform oval head-and-shoulders busts of cardinals in dress, each set in a rectangular plate with a Latin inscription and coat of arms at the top corners, showing a designer a rigorously repeated portrait template with calligraphic captions.

Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667 · Catholic Church · Cardinals

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