Scelta di disegni del Caracci, Parmegiani et di Guido Reni
A 1660 Italian collection of drawing studies published in Bologna by Gioseffo Lungo and assembled by Francesco Curti, reproducing works by Carracci, Parmigianino and Guido Reni for students of draughtsmanship. The plates show studies of a youth's head turned in several poses and clusters of hands, rendered in fine engraved line with cross-hatched shading on pale paper. A designer might take from them the economical hatching and tonal modelling of classical figure drawing, useful for portraiture and hand gestures.
