La Galerie Électorale De Dusseldorff Ou Catalogue Raisonné Et Figuré De Ses Tableaux
La Galerie Électorale de Dusseldorff is a late eighteenth-century catalogue raisonné of the Elector Palatine's painting collection, compiled by Nicolas de Pigage and published in 1778 for collectors and connoisseurs. Its plates are engravings after Gerard van Honthorst-era and related painters' works, with allegorical scenes drawn by Pierre-Joseph Gaubal and engraved by Charles de Mechel. Designers can take from them the crisp, dense cross-hatching and the way soft figures sit against heavy drapery, with putti and classical women used as recurring motifs.
