Exposition d'objets d'art du moyen âge et de la renaissance : tirés des collections particulières de la France et de l'étranger, organisée par la marquise de Ganay à l'ancien Hôtel de Sagan (mai-juin 1913) Notices descriptives par Seymour de Ricci
This 1914 Paris exhibition catalogue, published by Émile Lévy and organised by the Marquise de Ganay with descriptive notes by Seymour de Ricci, records medieval and Renaissance objects lent from private collections in France and abroad. The photographs are sepia halftone plates of sculptures and reliefs: a bronze male nude with a staff, a marble-like portrait bust of a woman, a small bronze warrior, and bronze roundels in arched frames. A designer might take from them the sculptural poses, classical nudity and Renaissance portrait conventions.











