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Vetvs Pictvra Nymphaevm Referens: Commentariolo Explicata

Holste, Lukas · 1676 · 3 pictures

A 1676 Roman printed commentary by Lukas Holste on an ancient painting depicting nymphs, issued by the Typographia Barberini and held by Heidelberg University Library, aimed at classical scholars and antiquarians. The pictures are engraved ornament and frontispiece panels: scrolled cartouches, putti flanking central medallions, and a shell motif with sun masks and foliage, offering a designer ready models for symmetrical baroque ornament, cartouche framing and classical putto decoration.

Cicognara · Parte Seconda · Erudizione varia

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