When Oskar Reinhart (1885-1965) bequeathed a significant part of his remarkable art collection - chiefly French 19th-century painting but also a number of outstanding Old Masters - to Switzerland, he did so on condition that the works of art would never be loaned.

This volume, with full entries on Oskar Reinhart's entire collection of 207 works by 45 leading scholars in their field, and superb plates carefully checked against the originals, sets out to give the important works in Reinhart's collection (including a number of Old Masters and many French ninteenth century paintings) the attention they deserve.