The true effigies of the most eminent painters, and other famous artists that have flourished in Europe. Curiously engraven on copper-plates. Together with an account of the time when they lived, the most remarkable passages of their lives, and most considerable works. Very useful for all such gentlemen as are lovers of art and ingenuity
A 1694 London book of engraved portrait busts of European painters and other artists, compiled from earlier sources by Sebastiano Resta with Lampsonius, Galle and Hollar credited, and written for art-loving gentlemen. The pictures are small copper-plate engravings of half-length sitters in period collars and cloaks, often with a hand raised to the chest or a Latin or French caption below, offering a designer a model for uniform, oval or rectangular portrait framing and engraved line shading.
