Illvstrivm ivreconsvltorvm imagines : qvae inveniri potvervnt ad vivam effigiem expressae : ex musaeo Marci Mantuae Benauidij Patauini iureconsulti clarissimi
A 1566 Roman book of engraved portraits of famous jurists, published by Antoine Lafréry and engraved by Cornelis Cort for the collector Marco Mantova Benavides of Padua. Each plate shows a bust-length man in profile or three-quarter view, captioned with his name and a date, in fine uniform line engraving with dense hatching on the background and clothing. A designer could take the disciplined hatching and the clean oval-free rectangular framing as models for period portrait work or for tonal rendering of fabric and skin.
