Le gemme antiche figurate

Agostini, Leonardo, 1593-approximately 1670, Bellori, Giovanni Pietro, 1613-1696, Galestruzzi, Giovanni Battista, 1615 or 1618-approximately 1669, Bussotti, Giovanni Battista · 1686 · In Roma : Appresso Gio. Battista Bussotti · 9 pictures

Le gemme antiche figurate is a 1686 Roman book of engraved plates of ancient carved gems, compiled by Leonardo Agostini and Giovanni Pietro Bellori and engraved by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi for scholars and collectors. Each plate is a single framed oval with a classical title above and a caption below, showing a gem's figure in fine line engraving that a designer could use for cameo-style motifs, classical border ornaments and oval vignettes.

Gems, Classical · Sculpture, Classical

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