Catalogue publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée à la National Gallery of Art, Washington (Mai-Nov.2010).
This stunning catalogue of 120 German drawings ranging in date from 1580 to 1900 celebrates a major acquisition and an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. In late 2007 the National Gallery acquired one of the finest private European holdings of old master drawings from German-speaking areas, the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection. It includes superb works spanning such movements as mannerism, the baroque, the rococo, romanticism, realism, and symbolism.
This unique survey of drawings showcases rare and evocative examples by, among others, Hans von Aachen, Johann Rottenhammer, and Adam Elsheimer studies for ceiling frescoes by Cosmas Damian Asam, Matthäus Günther, and Johann Baptist Enderle Augsberg designs for rococo prints by Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, Johann Esaias Nilson, and Gottfried Eichler exquisite landscape watercolors by Johann Georg von Dillis and Caspar David Friedrich sensitive portraits by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Joseph von Führich architectural watercolors by Balthasar Neumann, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and Rudolf von Alt and realist drawings by Adolph Menzel, Hans Thoma, and Max Liebermann.
Exposition : LONDRES 2010