[Sir Peter Paul Rubens] - Logan, Anne-Marie and Michiel C. Plomp
Reference : 080978
(2005)
ISBN : 0300104944
Logan, Anne-Marie and Michiel C. Plomp: Peter Paul Rubens. The Drawings. Exhibition: New York, Metropolitan Museum, 2005. 332pp with 145 colour plates and 151 monochrome illustrations. Hardback. 27x21cms. Over 100 of the finest and most representative of Rubens's drawings from private and public collections around the world are shown. Essays provide overview of Rubens's career as a draughtsman and of the dispersal of his drawings after his death. With discussion of the various functions of his drawings as preparatory studies for paintings, sculpture, architecture prints, and book illustrations. Includes his early anatomical studies and copies after antique sculpture, and drawings by other artists that Rubens retouched, restored or reworked.
Over 100 of the finest and most representative of Rubens's drawings from private and public collections around the world are shown. Essays provide overview of Rubens's career as a draughtsman and of the dispersal of his drawings after his death. With discussion of the various functions of his drawings as preparatory studies for paintings, sculpture, architecture prints, and book illustrations. Includes his early anatomical studies and copies after antique sculpture, and drawings by other artists that Rubens retouched, restored or reworked. Text in English