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An early Florentine dossal

Offner, Richard, 1889-1965 · 1900 · Pescia, Stamperia Benedetti · 15 pictures

A scholarly art-history monograph by Richard Offner, published in Pescia by Stamperia Benedetti, with a record dated 1900 that conflicts with the author's lifespan so the date is unreliable; it treats an early Florentine altarpiece for specialist readers. The plates are black-and-white photographs of painted panels showing scenes of Christ's Passion, with gilt-edged frames, figures in robes, and crowded groups of onlookers that a designer could use for medieval composition, gesture, and grouping of figures.

Altarpieces · Painting, Florentine

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library