Iconologie, tirée de divers auteurs : utile aux gens de lettres, aux poëtes, aux artistes, & généralement à tous les amateurs des beaux-arts
Iconologie, tirée de divers auteurs is a 1759 illustrated iconography published at Parma by Jean-Baptiste Boudard and Filippo Carmignani, compiled for writers, poets, artists and lovers of the fine arts. Its small engraved plates show allegorical personifications, each a standing or seated figure with attributes, many captioned with a Françoise et Italienne page heading. A designer could draw on these for stock allegory poses, emblematic props such as urns, wings and drapery, and the classical gestures used to signal abstract ideas.
