XII sibyllae, ordine, inscriptione & forma elegantiori quàm antehac vmquam
A 1600 Paris series of twelve engraved sibyl portraits, published by Jean Le Clerc with designs attributed to Thomas de Leu and engravers including Crispijn van de Passe and Pierre Firens. Each plate sets a half-length sibyl in an oval inside an ornate bordered frame, with a Latin verse panel below. A designer might take the decorative strapwork cartouches, the oval medallion framing, and the costumed female figures with books, scrolls and palm fronds as reference for period ornament.
