De plurimis claris selectisque Mulieribus

Italian 15th Century

author Giacomo Filippo Foresti da Bergamo (Italian, 1434 - 1520)

published April 1497, borders dated 1493

Medium
bound volume with 172 woodcut vignette portraits, including 116 repeats from 52 blocks, plus two large frontispieces
Classification
Volume
Dimensions
book: 32.2 x 21.5 x 4.5 cm (12 11/16 x 8 7/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Culture
Italian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
The New Century Fund, The Eugene L. and Louise Garbáty Fund, the Clark Charitable Foundation and the Edward MacCrone Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art