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Ritratti et elogij di capitani illustri : che ne' secoli moderni hanno gloriosamente guerreggiato

Roscio, Giulio · 1647 · In Roma : Ad instanza di Filippo de' Rossi : Nella stampa del Mascardi · 139 pictures

Ritratti et elogij di capitani illustri is a 1647 Roman book of engraved portraits and eulogies of military commanders, compiled by Giulio Roscio and published in Rome for Filippo de' Rossi. The four pictures are profile busts in fine crosshatched engraving, each with a heraldic shield in the corner, offering a designer models of dignified period portraiture: heavy fur collars, armour and shield-framed head-and-shoulders compositions.

Military biography · Generals

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