18th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

18th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art PDF

Author: Jacob Bean

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 1990-09-01

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780300085624

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This volume describes and illustrates 283 drawings by Italian artists of the eighteenth century in the museum's collection. Entries for the drawings provide essential bibliographical references, provenance, and a discussion of the purpose of the drawing, when known.

An Italian Journey

An Italian Journey PDF

Author: Linda Wolk-Simon

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1588393798

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Published in conjunction with an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 12-Aug 15, 2010.

17th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

17th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art PDF

Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0870991841

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This volume describes and reproduces 379 drawings by Italian artists of the seventeenth century in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The most brilliant draughtsmen of this period--Annibale Carracci, G.B. Castiglione, Pietro da Cortona, Guercino, Carlo Maratti, and Salvator Rosa--are well represented in the Museum's collection, and the book offers a survey of Italian baroque draughtsmanship. It includes innovative work by Carracci, as well as drawings by such late baroque masters as Sebastiano Ricci and Francesco Solimena. Four hundred five illustrations are contained in this inventory. Entries for the drawings provide essential bibliographical references, provenance, and a discussion of the purpose of the drawing when known. -- Inside jacket flap.