Catalogue de la collection de tableaux anciens de Mr. E. Rothpletz, à la Vieille tour d'Aarau
A nineteenth-century catalogue from 1866, printed in Aarau, Switzerland, by H.R. Sauerländer, recording the collection of old master paintings belonging to Emil Rothpletz, intended for collectors and connoisseurs. The photographic plates show paintings in ornate carved frames, mostly madonnas, portraits and crowded religious scenes, with the decorative frame designs offering a designer ideas for scrollwork borders and ornamental picture mounts.
