Klassischer Bilderschatz
Klassischer Bilderschatz, a Munich art-reproduction portfolio of 1889 edited by Franz von Reber and Adolph Bayersdorfer, gathers gravure-style plates of European paintings for a cultured general public. The pages here are printed sideways, so the figures appear rotated, and the plates show a Fra Angelico altarpiece with saints, a Gabriel Metsu interior with a seated woman and servant, a David Teniers genre scene of peasants at a table, and a Johannes Verspronck group of women in white collars and hats. A designer might take the strong dark chiaroscuro, the crowded interiors and the stiff, dignified group poses as reference for period costume and tonal drama.
