Catalogue of the loan exhibition of paintings by old masters, in the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
A 1920 exhibition catalogue from the San Francisco Museum of Art, compiled by J. Nilsen Laurvik, reproducing loaned old master paintings shown at the Palace of Fine Arts for a public audience. The plates are black-and-white photographs, each numbered and captioned with the artist and sitter, such as Gainsborough's portrait of Mrs. Wm. Davenport. Designers can take from them the dark tonal range, strong chiaroscuro, and formal portrait poses of the period.
