Le Vite De' Pittori, Scultori Ed Architetti Moderni: Co' Loro Ritratti Al Naturale
Giovanni Pietro Bellori's 1728 Italian collection of lives of modern painters, sculptors and architects, printed in Italy for art-loving readers and artists, with portraits made from life. The pictures are engraved oval portraits of sitters in periwigs, collars and cloaks, set in ornate frames with wreaths, medallions and small allegorical scenes beneath, with names and professions lettered below; a designer might borrow the oval frame-and-medallion layout for biographical or portrait pages.
