P. Virgilii Maronis opera
A 1677 edition of Virgil's collected works, engraved by Pietro Santi Bartoli from a Vatican manuscript, with prints drawn from classical antiquity and its Latin text. The engravings are small, precise line plates in black ink on cream paper, showing figures in Roman dress, temples, a horse, and a walled city. A designer might take their clean outline drawing and the compact landscape framing for classical scene composition, with architecture and figures set in shallow space.
