Signorvm vetervm icones
Signorvm vetervm icones is a 1672 Amsterdam book of engraved plates by Jan de Bisschop (1628-1671), reproducing ancient and Renaissance sculptures as single standing figures for artists to study. The pictures show full-length statues on plinths, framed in a rectangular field with shaded backgrounds and page numbers in the corners. A designer might take from them the classical contrapposto poses, drapery folds falling over the body, and the hatched engraved shading that models the marble forms.
