Jean-Achille Benouville, Paris 1815 – 1891 Paris, View of Lake Nemi with the Town of Genzano in the Background, c. 1845, Fondation Custodia

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Watercolors collected by Queen Victoria and Prince

Watercolors collected by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, are on display at the @royalcollectiontrust Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. Marking the bicentenary of the births of both Victoria and Albert, the exhibition features 80 of their most treasured watercolors, capturing the elegance of the British court, foreign travel and diplomacy, and, importantly, the close-knit family at the heart of it all. Included are several by Scottish artists, some of which will be seen in Scotland for the first time. The exhibit is open through October 3rd.
(Image: Waller Hugh Paton, “Edinburgh with a distant view of the Palace of Holyroodhouse,”watercolor and bodycolor with gum arabic and burnishing, Royal Collection Trust, London)
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(Image: Claude Simpol, “A Picnic Party,” pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, over traces of graphite, contours incised, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Scholars and students of Italian drawings and prin

Scholars and students of Italian drawings and prints have a new resource to turn to for finding important works located throughout Italy’s art and academic institutions and organizations. Gabinetti disegni e stampe italiani (Italian Prints and Drawings Study Cabinets) at https://www.gabinettidisegniestampe.com/ spotlights over 40 locations and the artworks found in each one. Sample images are shared on their Instagram page @gabinettidisegniestampe. Begun by Margherita Clavarino, a PhD student in early modern prints at The Warburg Institute, Gabinetti disegni e stampe italiani was created to promote and enhance the Italian heritage of drawings and prints.
(Image: Leonardo da Vinci, “Head of Christ and a Hand Grasping His Hair,” metalpoint, blue–grey prepared paper, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice)
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Jean-Jacques Lequeu, one of the most imaginative a

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, one of the most imaginative architects of the Enlightenment, died in poverty and obscurity. In early 2019, the @labnf and the @petitpalaisparis organized an exhibition of Lequeu’s several hundred drawings which he had donated to the Bibliothèque nationale de France just before his death. To understand why this exhibit is so important to our appreciation of this little-known artist, read Kevin Salatino’s exhibition catalogue review in the current issue of MASTER DRAWINGS (volume 59, Issue 1). Learn why @kmsalatino, Chair of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the @artinstitutechi views Lequeu as a visionary, who saw something his contemporaries could not envision.
(Image: Jean-Jacques Lequeu, " Young Man Making a Face,” (No. 6) Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris)
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“Venetian Disegno: New Frontiers,” is the focu

“Venetian Disegno: New Frontiers,” is the focus of an upcoming conference which will bring together leading international scholars and some of the most novel research in this field. Taking place online May 20-21, the @venetian_disegno sessions will address a range of topics, including: under-drawings, printmaking, workshop reuse, and the adoption of diverse graphic media by Venetian artists active between circa 1430 and 1620.
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(Image: Titian, “Two Satyrs in a Landscape,” pen and brown ink with white heightening, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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