Imagines et elogia virorum illustrium et eruditor ex antiquis lapidibus et nomismatib.
A 1570 Roman book of engraved portraits of famous men, compiled by Fulvio Orsini and published by Antoine Lafréry, drawing on ancient stone busts, inscriptions and coins for scholars and collectors. The engravings show bearded marble busts set on plain blocks against hatched backgrounds, some with Greek or Latin inscriptions and numbered plates, offering a designer clear models for monochrome portrait frames, classical sculpture rendering and cross-hatched shading.
