Recveil De Portraits Des personnes qui se sont distinguées tant dans les armes que dans les belles Lettre et les arts Comme aussi la famille Royale de France Et autres Cours Etrangeres
A French portrait collection of notable soldiers, scholars, artists and royals, published in 1725 and compiled by Étienne Jehandier Desrochers and Gilles Edme Petit for an audience interested in distinguished figures of the age. Its pictures are formal engraved busts set in oval frames with cartouche captions beneath, on plain pale paper; a designer might borrow the oval-medallion layout, the baroque wigs and armour, and the classical stone plinths for period-styled portrait compositions.
