Exposition des primitifs français au Palais du Louvre (Pavillon de Marsan) et à la Bibliothèque nationale : catalogue
This 1904 Paris exhibition catalogue, compiled by Henri Bouchot and Georges Lafenestre for the Louvre and the Bibliothèque nationale, reproduces early French paintings in black-and-white halftone for art specialists and scholars. The pages are rotated plates of altarpieces and panel portraits, showing devotional scenes with robed figures, kneeling donors and gilt-framed triptych panels. A designer might draw on their dense draped garments, symmetrical panel layouts and stiff, solemn gestures as period reference.
