Fifteenth- to Eighteenth-Century European Drawings in the Robert Lehman Collection

Description

Robert Lehman greatly expanded the scope of the collection of paintings, drawings, and other art objects that he and his father, Philip Lehman, had assembled in the early part of the twentieth century. This volume discusses and illustrates all the drawings in the Robert Lehman Collection that were made in Europe from the fifteenth to the end of the eighteenth century, with the exception of those by Italian artists, which were catalogued in volumes V and VI. The complete record of this part of his collection demonstrates, even at a glance, that while Robert Lehman acquired a great number of drawings from all schools, he emphasized the earlier periods, and he strove for quality. By emphasizing the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, he linked the drawings to early Italian, Netherlandish, and French paintings already in the Collection. He then branched out into the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, broadening the Collection further, acquiring the drawings one by one or in pairs. This volume, one of a series of sixteen, discusses all 153 drawings in The Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum, placing each in its art-historical setting and complementing the discussion with comparative illustrations of related works.

488 pages, 383 illustrations (70 colorplates, 307 duotones). 8 1/2'' x 11''. Paper.

• 488 pages
• 383 illustrations (70 colorplates, 307 duotones)
• 8 1/2'' x 11''
• Paper