Guida illustrata del Museo nazionale di Napoli. guida
An illustrated guide to the National Museum in Naples, produced in 1911 by Arnold Ruesch and Domenico Bassi for Naples' Richter publishing house, aimed at visitors to the collections of ancient art. The plates show Greek and Hellenistic objects: a carved stele with an acanthus-style crown, a profile head on a coin, a gold-era tetradrachm with Alexander's portrait, and a bronze equestrian statuette. A designer might draw on the sculpted relief and the coin profiles for classical motifs, borders and ancient portrait framing.
