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A 1569 Roman book of engraved portraits by Antoine Lafréry and Aquiles Estaço, reproducing ancient Greek and Roman busts then in the city for scholars and collectors. The four engravings show marble-like busts of bearded men in profile and three-quarter views, with fine dense cross-hatching that models curls, beards and drapery. A designer could take from them the expressive crosshatch line work and the classical sculpted-bust format set against plain hatched backgrounds.
