Ritratti de sermi. principi d'Este sigri. di Ferrara : con l'aggionta de loro fatti più memorabili ridotti in sommario
A 1641 Ferrara publication by Catarino Doino, with text by Antonio Cariola, presenting portrait prints of the Este princes, Marquises of Ferrara, for a noble readership. The pages pair two standing figures per plate, each labelled by name and number in a caption strip beneath. A designer could draw on the stiff, frontal pairing and the layered draped robes, armour and staffs as a model for period costume and dynastic group portraiture.
