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Rouillé, Guillaume, Rouillé, Guillaume [Bearb.] · 1581 · 120 pictures

A 1581 illustrated catalogue by Guillaume Rouillé, printed in Latin, presenting famous historical figures as woodcut medallion portraits with short biographies for scholars and collectors of antiquities. The series is organised by people from history and legend, and each medallion is labelled with the figure's name or realm in Roman capitals around a circular frame. The woodcuts show profile and three-quarter busts of bearded men in helmets, feathered caps and crowns, with hatching that models the faces and garments. A designer could take from them a compact system of circular framing, lettered borders and fine parallel-line shading for historical portraiture.

Cicognara · Parte Seconda · Numismatica, e Pietre Intagliate

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