Joh. Caspar Füeßlins Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz: nebst ihren Bildnissen
A Swiss art history by Johann Caspar Füssli, published in 1769 in German, collecting biographies of the best artists in Switzerland alongside their portraits. The pictures are engraved frontispiece-style portrait medallions and oval busts of named men, each set in a framed plate with a classical or allegorical setting. A designer might take from them the convention of an inscribed name tablet beneath a bust, and the use of draped curtains, plinths and small allegorical figures as framing devices for portraits.
