Augustissimorum imperatorum, serenissimorum regum, atque archiducum, illustrissimorum principum, necnon comitum, baronum, nobilium, aliorumq[ue] clarissimorum virorum, qui aut ipsi cum imperio bellorum duces fuerunt, aut in iisdem præfecturis insignioribus laudabiliter functi sunt, verissimæ imagines, & rerum ab ipsis domi, forisq[ue] gestarum succinctæ descriptiones. Quorum arma, aut integra, aut horum partes, quibus induti, vsique aduersus hostem heroica facinora patrarunt, aut quorum auspiciis tàm prospera quàm aduersa fortuna res magnæ gestæ sunt, à serenissimo principe Ferdinando, archiduce Austriæ, duce Burgundiæ, comte Habspurgi & Tyrolis &c. ex omnibus ferè orbis terrarum prouinciis partim conquista, partim ab illorum hæredibus & successoribus transmissa, in celebri Ambrosianæ arcis armamentario, à sua serenitate non procul ciutate Oenipontana extructo, conspiciuntur

Schrenck von Nozing, Jacob, d. 1612, Fontana, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1524-1587, Custos, Dominicus, d. 1612 · 1601 · Oeniponti [Innsbruck], excudebat Ioannes Agricola · 263 pictures

This 1601 folio from Innsbruck, printed by Ioannes Agricola and compiled by Jacob Schrenck von Nozing for Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, catalogues portraits of rulers and nobles beside their armour, drawn from the Ambras armoury. Its pictures show full-length figures standing in arched niches framed by ornate columns, grotesque masks and cartouches, a formal template a designer could adapt for period portrait framing or heraldic-style layouts.

Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, 1529-1595 · Schlosssammlung Ambras · Weapons · Armor · Kings and rulers · Nobility · Portraits, Renaissance

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