During TEFAF an interesting lecture in collecting master drawings was held in Maastricht. It was titled ‘The magic of drawings: 50 years of the Maida and George Abrams collection’.
Read More…..on their special website covering early Dutch and Flemish draftsmanship. With this new development Boijmans makes this part of the collection…..
Read More….a very helpful database for drawings by Rembrandt and his school……..
Read MoreThis year Teylers Museum Haarlem launched its wonderful Raphael exhibition showing over fifty drawings by the famous Renaissance master. At the moment the exhibition has a new topic, the recently purchased drawing by the Dutch 16th century artist Maarten van Heemskerck. But what links these two artists, and why should they be exhibited in the same display?
Read MoreThe november sale at Jan Six Fine Art showed an impressive line up of fine art drawings by well known Dutch and Flemish painters. Among them:
Read MoreThe National Maritime Museum in Greenwich recently started a conservation and research project of its large collection of Van de Velde drawings. The objective is to get an insight in the use of techniques and materials of maritime draftsmanship in the 17th century. In total 1.400 drawings by Willem van de Velde the Elder and the Younger will be scrutinized in the following two years.
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