Felsina pittrice: vite de pittori bolognesi : alla maesta christianissima di Luigi XIIII re di Francia e di Navarra il sempre vittorioso
Felsina pittrice is a 1678 biographical dictionary of Bolognese painters by Carlo Cesare Malvasia, printed in Bologna for the heirs of Domenico Barbieri and dedicated to Louis XIV of France. Its pages hold small oval portrait medallions of artists, each framed by a looping wreath of ribbons or knotted braid and labelled with the sitter's name in capitals. A designer might take the strong symmetrical framing, the ribbon-tied cartouches and the engraved hatching that gives the faces their tonal depth.
