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Read in the current issue of MASTER DRAWINGS (Vol

Read in the current issue of MASTER DRAWINGS (Vol 60, No 4), Sarah Catala’s enlightening review of the catalogue for the 2021 exhibition, “Dessins pour Versailles: Vingt ans d’acquisitions,” edited by Elisabeth Maisonnier. Catala, Chercheur associée at the Laboratoire de recherche historique Rhône-Alpes, notes that Versailles was an important place for the development of drawing in France, particularly before 1789, a tradition evident in the present volume. She describes the book as an ambitious undertaking, resulting in a comprehensive collection of 103 drawings and albums (acquired between 2000-2020) with content-rich entries and a generous number of comparative illustrations.
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(Image: François Lemoyne, “Head Study for L’Amour de la Vertu (No. 46),” Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon)
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Among eighteenth-century artists who collected dra

Among eighteenth-century artists who collected drawings and left traces of their ownership on them, Jan van Rymsdyk is perhaps the most brazen but obscure of an eccentric bunch, according to Jennifer Tonkovich, an Associate Editor of MASTER DRAWINGS and the Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator @themorganlibrary & Museum in New York. Sheets from Rymsdyk’s collection are prominently inscribed “Rymsdyk’s Museum,” with “Museum” occasionally abbreviated to the letter “M” and the surname generally crossed through with backward slashes. Read in the current issue of MASTER DRAWINGS (Vol 60, no. 4) Tonkovich’s explanation for this curious mark and why she believes Rymsdyk referred to his collection as a museum. Her analysis also includes insights into the meaning of the enigmatic code inscribed on the verso of a small group of his mounts.
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(Image: Rembrandt, “Two Studies of a Woman Asleep (Saskia?),” pen and brown ink and wash, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York)
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“Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Ninetee

“Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art,” @metmuseum of Art in New York, features approximately 100 works from The Met collection, SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark, and several American collections. The exhibition highlights such artists as Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, and Vilhelm Hammershøi as well as lesser-known figures like Anton Melbye, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Peter Christian Skovgaard, and Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, among others. On view until April 16, the drawings, oil sketches, and paintings together explore notions of place, identity and belonging, and what it means to travel and return home. In May, the exhibit travels to the Getty in Los Angeles.

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(Image: Johan Thomas Lundbye, “A Dolmen at Sunset,” pen and black ink and watercolor, the Morgan Library & Museum, New York)
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Among the collections of Old Master drawings at ma

Among the collections of Old Master drawings at major European institutions, those in Spain are among the least well known. It is therefore particularly significant, according to John Marciari, when the Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) in Madrid, home to tens of thousands of drawings, produces a catalogue which provides a scholarly overview of the Renaissance sheets by Spanish and Italian artists.
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Marciari, an associate editor of this journal, and the Charles W. Engelhard Curator and Department Head, Drawings and Prints, and Curatorial Chair, @themorganlibrary & Museum in New York, reviews this volume (“Disegni spagnoli e italiani del Cinquecento della Biblioteca Nacional de España”) in the winter issue of MASTER DRAWINGS (Vol 60, No 4). Among the highlights is the sixteenth-century Spanish drawing, “the Ascension of Christ,” by Blas de Prado.
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(Image: Blas De Prado, “Ascension of Christ,” Biblioteca Nacional d’Españap, Madrid)
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On January 24th MASTER DRAWINGS once again held it

On January 24th MASTER DRAWINGS once again held its annual symposium at the Institute of Fine Arts: "Bright Ideas: New Discoveries by Recent Ricciardi Prize Winners.” Thea Goldring was presented as the winner of the 2023 Ricciardi prize for her discovery of two previously unknown caches of over 100 natural history drawings by the eighteenth-century French draftsman Carême de Fécamp. Alexander McCargar, the 2022 Ricciardi prize winner, drew upon his expertise in stage design, and discussed the originality of eighteenth-century Italian scenographer Pietro Righini, whose work has long been confused with that of the renowned Bibiena family.
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(Photo: From left to right – Rosie Razzall, Maud van Suylen, Elizabeth A. Eisenberg, Jane Turner, Lawrence R. Ricciardi, Alexander McCargar and Thea Goldring)
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Promenades on Paper: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

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December 17, 2022

Promenades on Paper: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Robert Motherwell Drawing: As Fast as the Mind Itself

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November 18, 2022

Robert Motherwell Drawing: As Fast as the Mind Itself

The Eveillard Gift

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November 10, 2022

The Eveillard Gift