The art of the Vatican; being a brief history of the palace, and an account of the principal art treasures within its walls
A guidebook history of the Vatican palace and its collections, written by American art writer Mary Knight Potter and published in Boston by L. C. Page in 1903 for travellers and general readers. Its 47 halftone plates reproduce Raphael's Stanze frescoes, ceiling tondi, tapestries and antique sculpture in soft grey tone, offering crowded architectural figure groups, arched and circular compositions, and ornamental painted borders.













































