Catalogue of the paintings in the Old Pinakothek, Munich
A catalogue of paintings in the Old Pinakothek gallery in Munich, compiled by Franz Reber and published there in 1890 for art students and collectors. Its plates reproduce Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings as dark halftone prints, several with captions naming artists such as Perugino, Titian and Botticelli. A designer might take their dramatic lighting, tight figure groupings and strong diagonal compositions as models for staging scenes.
