Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architetti
Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects in Guglielmo Della Valle's annotated edition, printed at Siena by Pazzini Carli in 1791 for Italian scholars and collectors. Engraved author portraits sit in oval laurel frames on carved plinths, framed by swags, ribboned garlands, winged masks, putti and tool emblems—ready-made cartouches, borders and bust ovals for reuse.
