Full Description
In fifteen chapters experts in the graphic arts discuss sixteenth-century drawings, experimental etching techniques, portraits from five centuries and contemporary drawings and prints.
Contents
Preface (jef schaeps)
For Study and Delight: the Leiden Collection of Drawings and Prints (jef schaeps)
1 The Sixteenth Century: Netherlandish Drawings from Gossart to Bloemaert (gert jan van der sman)
2 Bartholomeus Spranger and Mannerism in the Northern Netherlands (elmer kolfin)
3 Etchings by Painters of the Dutch Golden Age: Freedom and Experiment (jef schaeps)
4 Dutch Drawing in the Seventeenth Century (nelke bartelings)
5 French Printmaking in the Seventeenth Century: Skill and Diversity (nelke bartelings)
6 Dutch Drawing in the Eighteenth Century (elmer kolfin)
7 Dutch Printmaking in the Eighteenth Century: Abundance and Innovation (frans Laurentius)
8 The Portrait Collection (marrigje rikken)
9 From Top to Bottom and from Root to Crown: Plant and Animal Drawings (ingrid r. Vermeulen)
10 Reproductions of Art: Humbert de Superville's Observations in the Leiden Print Room (jef schaeps)
11 David Humbert de Superville: A Passion for Drawing (edward grasman)
12 Humbert de Superville: Representing Theory (annemiek ouwerkerk)
13 Nineteenth-Century Dutch Drawings (karlijn de jong)
14 Dutch Drawings 1900-1950. The Collection of Albertus Welcker (jef schaeps)
15 Contemporary Drawings and Prints in Leiden
Notes
Chronological List of Publications by or about the Print Room
Select Bibliography
Index of Artists' Names
About the Authors
