Katalog der Gemälde-Sammlung der Kgl. Älteren Pinakothek in München
This 1890 catalogue, published in Munich by Verlagsanstalt für Kunst und Wissenschaft and compiled by Franz von Reber, lists the paintings of the Royal Old Pinakothek, a museum collection of European art, for scholars and visitors. The pages are sepia photographic plates, rotated sideways on the scan, each numbered and captioned with a painter's name; they show crowded genre scenes, religious and mythological narratives, and portraits, offering a designer dense figure groupings, dramatic lighting, and period costume to study for composition.
