Illmo D.D. Rogerio Dv Plesseis ... magnarum artium eximio cultori ... Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarii, quæ temporis dentem inuidium euasere vrbis alternae ruinis erepta. Typis æneis ab se commissa perpetuæ uenerationis monumentum
A 1638 Roman folio of engraved plates by François Perrier, dedicated to a patron and collecting fragments of surviving ancient statuary for scholars and artists. The engraving shows a dramatic group of muscular nude figures wrestling around a seated figure on a rocky base, with a crowd of wrestlers and a reclining figure below; a designer could take its strong contrapposto poses, dense cross-hatched shading and classical sculptural drama as reference for figure composition.
