Galerie de l'Ermitage : gravee au trait d'apres les plus beaux tableaux qui la composent : avec la description historique
A line-engraved plate book reproducing paintings from the Hermitage collection in St. Petersburg, published in 1805 by Chez Alici and compiled by F. I. Labenskii with historical descriptions for connoisseurs and collectors of old master art. The plates are fine outline engravings that render figures, drapery and landscape with contour lines alone, showing a designer how to reduce complex compositions to simple linework with clear silhouettes and sparse hatching.
