Государственная Третьяковская Галерея. Каталог собрания. Серия: Живопись XVIII–XX веков. Т. 1. Портретная миниатюра XVIII- начала XX века

The first volume of the series “Painting of the 18th-20th centuries” of the monumental Catalog of the State Tretyakov Gallery. The catalog consists of two sections: 1. Portrait miniature of the 18th-early 20th centuries 2. Silhouette of the 18th-19th centuries. The catalog includes works by authors whose surnames are known, monogrammers, artists known only by their initials, as well as unidentified authors. The works are arranged in chronological order. Each author is included by the date of his earliest work published in the catalogue, all subsequent works of this author are given collectively, according to the chronology of their creation. Works that have the same dating are, as a rule, arranged in ascending order of inventory numbers, which records the sequence of their arrival at the Gallery. The catalog contains biographical information about artists, descriptions of works and reference equipment. The reference apparatus of the catalog consists of indexes of the names of artists whose works are included in the catalogue, persons depicted in portraits, persons and institutions that owned the works included in the catalog, names mentioned in the text.