Restitution de la Minerve en or et ivoire de Phidias au Parthenon
A French scholarly treatise by Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy, published in Paris in 1825, reconstructing Phidias's gold and ivory statue of Minerva for the Parthenon. Its plates are engraved restorations and diagrams of the statue, including a rear view showing the internal wooden frame and a fully coloured front view, which a designer could use for classical costume, drapery, and polychrome sculpture references.
