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An Italian journey : drawings from the Tobey collection : Correggio to Tiepolo / Linda Wolk-Simon and Carmen C. Bambach ; with contributions by Stijn Alsteens [and others].

Author
Wolk-Simon, Linda
Additional Titles
Drawings from the Tobey collection
Published
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2010]
Copyright Date
©2010
Physical Description
xi, 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Additional Creators
Bambach, Carmen, Alsteens, Stijn, and Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Contents
Preface / George R. Goldner -- Catalogue.
Summary
"This handsome volume presents selections from one of America's preeminent private collections of Old Master drawings, assembled over the last quarter century by David M. and Julie Tobey. Dating from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, seventy-two drawings---several previously unpublished---are featured. The diverse array of holdings consists principally of works by Italian masters but also by artists whose careers brought them south of the Alps, among them such brilliant draftsmen as Correggio, Giulio Romano, Parmigianino, Salvator Rosa, Poussin, Bernini, Canaletto, Tiepolo, and their contemporaries." "Impressive in their variety, the drawings include figure and composition studies, landscapes, portraits, botanical drawings, motifs inspired by classical antiquity, and designs for painted compositions. Among the highlights are a splendid study of the head of Julius Caesar by Andrea del Sarto, a lively sheet of sketches by Perino del Vaga, a stunningly naturalistic study of a nude boy by Ludovico Carracci, a poetic Guercino landscape, charming topographical views by Luca Carlevarijs, Canaletto, and Bernardo Bellotto, a rare composition drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and a richly pictorial allegory by Giovanni David, to name just a few of the superlative examples in this carefully formed collection." "The catalogue includes lengthy entries on each drawing and illuminating biographies of the artists. Every drawing in the Tobey Collection is reproduced in color and accompanied by numerous comparative illustrations."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN
9781588393791 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (hc))
1588393798 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (hc))
9780300155242 (Yale University Press (hc))
0300155247 (Yale University Press (hc))
Note
Published in conjunction with an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 12-Aug 15, 2010.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-251) and index.
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