Die Dresdener Gallerie. Eine Auswahl der hervorragendsten Meisterwerke dieser Sammlung in Stahlstich. Mit zahlreichen in den Text gedruckten Porträts und erläuterndem Text von H. A. Weiske [1885].

Leipzig 1885. verlag von A. H. Payne. 23x30.5 cm, pp. VIII, 160, 98 intaglio preceded by protective tissue guards, richly decorated publisher's cloth binding, gilt page edges. Good condition (soiling and rubbing of the binding).

A magnificent 19th century album, presenting selected works from the collection of the Dresden Gallery, one of the largest collections of European painting in the world. Includes 98 reproductions of paintings by, among others, Gerard Dou, Adriaen van Ostade, Antoon van Dyck, Philips Wouwerman, Caspar Netscher, Jacob van Ruisdael, Pompeo Batoni, Caravaggio, Paolo Veronese, Jan Both, Carlo Cignani, Christian Dietrich, Peter Paul Rubens, Rafael Santi, Antoine Watteau, Tiziano Vecellio. The painters' biographies were compiled by Heinrich Adolph Weiske.