Anonimo - Ritratti de' Cardinali - 1706-1724

65 effigy images of cardinals elected during the pontificate of Pope Clement XI (first 2/3 decades of the 1700s)
Dimensions cm, 33 x 23, in good overall condition, as per photo modest physiological signs of the time.
One clean, small tear with a couple of cm missing on one print, almost imperceptible.
The original binding has been removed, except for a small fragment on the spine. Red mounts.
1) Clement XI, 243rd Pope, Hieronymus Rossi engraver. 2) Cardinal Francesco Pignatelli, anonymous engraver
3) Cardinal Franciscus Matellus, engraver Rossi Girolamo the Younger 4) Venetian Cardinal Giovanni Alberto Badoer, engraver Giacomo Frey the Elder 5) Clement XII, 246th Pope, Gaspar Massi engraver 6) Cardinal Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, engraver Girolamo Rossi called the Younger 7) Cardinal Casoni from Sarzana, anonymous engraver 8) Cardinal Lorenzo Maria Fieschi, Archbishop of Genoa, engraver Dominicus de Rubois
9) Cardinal Tommaso Ruffo, portrait etched on a painting by Yoseph Passarus and engraved by Hieronymus Rossi
10) Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualtiero, clergyman and diplomat, Hieronymous Rossi Engraver 11) Cardinal Orazio Filippo Spada, Bishop of Lucca, Rossi Girolamo the Younger engraver 12) Cardinal Giuseppe Vallemani, Hieron., Rossi inc. 13) Cardinal Alessandro Caprara, anonymous engraver 14) Cardinal Rannunzio Pallavicino, inquisitor of Malta, Hieron. Rossi Inc. 15) Cardinal Paracciani Giandomenico, Hieronymus Rossi Inc. 16) Cristiano Augusto of Saxony-Zeitz, German noble, Catholic cardinal and prince-bishop. Domenico de Rossi had it printed in Rome near the Temple of Peace 17) Cardinal Joseph Emmanuel de la Trémoille, Archbishop of Cambrai. The print includes the cardinal's coat of arms and publisher Dominicus de Rubis operating in Rome. Hieronymus Rossi engraver 18) Carlo Agostino Fabroni, jurist and Pistoian cardinal, engraver Iacobus Frey 19) Prelate Gabriele Filippucci of Macerata, the engraving portrays the face and reports details on his brief cardinalate and subsequent renunciation. Anonymous engraver 20) Cardinal Carlo Colonna, the portrait shows the Colonna family crest at the top, Hieron. Rossi inc. 21) Cardinal Nicola Grimaldi, the portrait includes the cardinal's heraldic arms. Inc. Hieronymus Rossi 22) Cardinal Michelangelo Dei Conti - Hieronymus Rossi inc. 23) Carlo Tommaso Maillard de Tournon, cardinal and Turin diplomat. Anonymous engraver 24) Cardinal Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzanini of Bologna, Hieron. Rossi inc. 25) Antonio Francesco Sanvitale, cardinal and Archbishop of Urbino Hieron.Rossi inc. 26) Annibale Albani, cardinal, Archbishop of Urbino and Camerlengo - Hieron.Rossi inc. 27) Cardinal Ludovico Pico delle Mirandola, Patriarch of Constantinople, Iacobus Frey inc. 28) Gianantonio Davia, Bolognese cardinal, engraver Hieronymus Rossi 29) Cardinal Agostino Cusani, Milanese, Hieron.Rossi Inc. 30) Cardinal Giulio Piazza of Forlì. Inc Hieron. Rossi 31) Cardinal Antonio Felice Zondadari senior, from Siena, Hieronimus Frezza Inc. 32) Cardinal Manuel Arias y Porres, Archbishop of Seville - engraver anonymous 33) Cardinal Pietro Marcellino Corradini, Hieron. Rossi Inc- 34) Cardinal Giovanni Battista Bussi, Hieronym.Rossi Inc. 35) Cardinal Benito de Sala y de Caramany, cardinal and bishop of Barcelona, inc anonymous 36) Cardinal Wolfgang Hannibal von Schratenbach, bishop of Olomouc and viceroy of Naples, Hieron.Rossi inc. 37) Cardinal Nuno da Cunha e Ataide, Portuguese, Grand Inquisitor in the kingdoms of Portugal - Inc Hieron. Rossi. 38) Saint Joseph Mary Tomasi, proclaimed saint by Pope John Paul II in 1986, Francesco Faraone Aquila Engraver 39) Cardinal Curzio Origo, Hieron Rossi inc. 40) Cardinal Giovanni Battista Tolomei of Pistoia, Hieron. Rossi Inc. 41) Cardinal Melchior de Polignac, diplomat and French ambassador to Rome, anonymous engraver 42) Cardinal Benedetto Erba Odescalchi, born in Como, cardinal and archbishop of Milan. Hieron. Rossi inc. 43) Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn, Catholic cardinal and prince-bishop - Hieron. Rossi inc. 44) Cardinal Fabio degli Abati Olivieri, Pesaro clergyman - Hieron.Rossi Inc. 45) Carlo Maria Marini, cardinal of Genoa, Vincentius Franceschini engraver. 46) Innico Caracciolo, cardinal and bishop - Hieron. Rossi inv. 47) Bernardino Scotti, cardinal and high papal official - Hieron. Rossi inc. 48) French Cardinal Henri de Thiard De Bissy - anonymous engraver 49) Cardinal Niccolò Caracciolo - Hieron.Rossi inc. 50) Cardinal Ferdinando Nuzzi, Archbishop of Nicaea - Hieron. Rossi inc. 51) Cardinal Giambattista Patrizi, General Treasurer - Hieron. Rossi inc. 52) Cardinal Nicola Gaetano Spinola of Genoa, Archbishop of Thebes and Camerlengo - Hieron. Rossi inc.53) Gilberto Borromeo, Italian cardinal and Patriarch of Antiochia - Hieron. Rossi inc. 54) Cardinal Giulio Alberoni, Cardinal and Italian statesman. anonymous engraver 55) Cardinal and Hungarian Archbishop Imre Csáky (1672-1732) - anonymous engraver 56) Cardinal and French Catholic Archbishop Léon Potier de Gesvres - anonymous engraver 57) Francois de Mailly, Archbishop of Reims and cardinal. anonymous engraver. 58) Cardinal Coenelio Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal and Apostolic Nuncio - anonymous engraver 59) Thomas Philippus de Alsatia, created cardinal in 1719 and Archbishop of Mechlin - Hieron.Rossi inc. 60) Cardinal Giovanni Battista Cosentino - Hieron. Rossi inc. 61) Cardinal José Pereira de Lacerda, Portuguese cardinal and Catholic bishop - Hieronimus Frezza engraver 62) Cardinal Michele Federico Althann, Austrian cleric and diplomat - Hieron.Rossi inc. 63) Spanish Cardinal Luis Belluga y Moncada, Bishop of Cartagena - anonymous engraver
64) Cardinal Carlos de Brja y Centellas, Patriarch of the West Indies - Hieron.Rossi inc. 65) Venetian Cardinal Gianfrancesco Barbarigo, Bishop of Padua - Hironymus Rossi Engraver