[Collection of paintings of Marchese Costantino Guidi of Cesena]

Bornaccini, Alessandro, 1772-ca. 1829, Guidi, Costantino, marchese · 1818 · [Italy : C. Guidi] · 23 pictures

A plate book printed in Italy in 1818 by Alessandro Bornaccini, reproducing paintings from the collection of Marchese Costantino Guidi of Cesena. The engraved plates are mounted one per leaf with Italian captions set in italic beneath each image, some turned sideways on the page. The plates show mythological and allegorical scenes with winged figures, classical draped bodies, and dense foliage, rendered in fine line engraving with soft tonal shading. A designer could draw on the compositional clarity and the emblematic poses of the figures for period ornament or classical vignettes.

Guidi, Costantino, marchese · Painting

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