Joh. Caspar Füeßlins Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz: nebst ihren Bildnissen
Füssli's 1770 Swiss history of its best artists, printed in German and issued by Heidelberg University Library, collects engraved portrait medallions of the artists it describes. The pictures are small, tidy copperplate engravings: busts of men in period wigs and coats set in ovals, arched niches, or framed plates, often with a name lettered below and occasional allegorical props like drapery, vines, or putti. A designer could draw on their compact oval and niche framing devices and the restrained cross-hatched shading used for portraiture.
