Scena d'huomeni illustri d'Europa
Scena d'huomeni illustri d'Europa is a 1658 book of biographical portraits of notable Italian men, compiled by Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato and published in Augsburg or Turin by the heirs of Giovanni Battista Coiro. The pictures are oval engraved bust portraits framed by laurel wreaths, cartouches and Latin or Italian inscriptions, showing men in armour, lace collars and long hair. A designer could take the consistent oval-frame and wreath layout as a model for formal commemorative or heraldic portrait arrangements.
