Illustrated catalogue of the fourth series of 100 paintings by old masters of the Dutch, Flemish, Italian, French, and English schools : being a portion of the Sedelmeyer Gallery, which contains about 1500 original pictures by ancient and modern artists
An 1897 Paris sales catalogue issued by the Galerie Sedelmeyer, a dealer's gallery, presenting reproductions of old master paintings from Dutch, Flemish, Italian, French and English schools to prospective buyers. The plates are halftone reproductions of single figures, mother-and-child groups and devotional scenes, reproduced in dark tones with plain captions, offering a designer a record of period portrait poses, drapery and compositional arrangements.
