Drawings for paintings in the age of Rembrandt
By: Ger Luijten, Peter Schatborn, Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr. ; with Rhea Sylvia Blok [and six others]
Contributors: Robinson, William W.; National Gallery of Art (U.S.); Fondation Custodia
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9788857231525
Subjects: Dutch Drawing; Underdrawing; Exhibitions; Artists' preparatory studies
Description: "The realistic character of seventeenth-century Dutch art seems to suggest that artists painted from life, but they often executed their paintings on the basis of preliminary drawings. Accompanying the international loan exhibition Drawings for Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt, this richly illustrated volume demonstrates the important role of drawings in the creative process. Among the drawings discussed are quick compositional sketches, figure studies, and careful construction drawings. Underdrawings on panel and canvas supports are also studied. Such preparatory studies are juxtaposed with their related paintings in the catalog to provide new insights into this important aspect of Dutch art"--
Notes: Exhibition dates: National Gallery of Art, Washington, October 4, 2016-January 2, 2017 and Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris, February 3-May 7, 2017.

"The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Drawing into Painting : An Overview / William W. Robinson and Peter Schatborn; title: Drawings and Underdrawings : The Creative Process in Dutch Painting / Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.; title: Reasons for Drawing in Seventeenth-Century Holland / Ger Luijten.