Pontificvm Romanorvm effigies
Pontificvm Romanorvm effigies is a 1580 Roman book of engraved portraits of the popes, made by Giovanni Battista Cavalieri and printed by the Dominico Basa press for a church and scholarly audience. The pictures are small, tightly framed head-and-shoulder busts in fine line engraving, each with a papal tiara or mitre, vestments, and a coat of arms at the top corner, showing how a series of identical formats can carry varied individual character for a designer studying historical portrait series.
