Leben der ausgezeichnetsten Maler, Bildhauer und Baumeister, von Cimabue bis zum Jahre 1567
Vasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, edited by Ludwig Schorn and Ernst Förster, was published in German in 1839 and held by Heidelberg University Library. Its pictures are small oval-framed portrait busts of artists, cut in fine parallel line work with curved hatching behind the heads. A designer could take from them the oval vignette format, the dense hatched shading, and the varied hats, collars and cloaks that suggest period costume.
