Geschichte der Malerei
Geschichte der Malerei is a German-language history of painting by the art historian Richard Muther, published in Berlin by Neufeld & Henius in 1912 for a general readership of art students and collectors. Its plates are black-and-white halftone reproductions of old master paintings, showing royal portraiture, devotional panels with saints and a nativity scene, and a painter's self-portrait with a brush and palette. A designer could take from them the dark tonal range, formal gestures and draped costume typical of early modern European painting.
