ARTISTS
North Italian Drawings, 1410-1550: Selections from the Robert Lehman Collection and the Department of Drawings and Prints
03 Nov, 2009 - 31 Jan, 2010
Featuring 31 drawings from the Metropolitan Museum鈥檚 Robert Lehman Collection, with an additional ten chosen from the Department of Drawings and Prints, this installation will showcase a period in Italian art that witnessed the emergence of drawing as an essential tool for artists. These rare examples of North Italian drawings from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries will illustrate the versatility of the medium over more than a century. Highlights will include the magnificent colored drawing of a Gazelle from the circle of Michelino da Besozzo; the large pen-and-ink drawing from the circle of Giovanni Bellini depicting Vulcan Building a Fence Around the Mount of Venus; and two landscape drawings by Domenico Campagnola.
Featuring 31 drawings from the Metropolitan Museum鈥檚 Robert Lehman Collection, with an additional ten chosen from the Department of Drawings and Prints, this installation will showcase a period in Italian art that witnessed the emergence of drawing as an essential tool for artists. These rare examples of North Italian drawings from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries will illustrate the versatility of the medium over more than a century. Highlights will include the magnificent colored drawing of a Gazelle from the circle of Michelino da Besozzo; the large pen-and-ink drawing from the circle of Giovanni Bellini depicting Vulcan Building a Fence Around the Mount of Venus; and two landscape drawings by Domenico Campagnola.
Artists on show
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Sunday
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday - Thursday
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday - Saturday
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM
1000 Fifth Avenue Upper East Side - New York, NY, USA 10028-0198
