Médaillons du Cabinet du Roi, i.e. Louis XIV
A French engraved plate from 1680, probably Paris, showing medallions of the king's cabinet for an audience of collectors and antiquarians. The pictures are fine line engravings of round medallions hung from scrolled cartouches with laurel swags, with classical portrait busts, Roman-style inscriptions, and small allegorical scenes in each roundel that a designer could take as a template for ornamental frames and seals.
