New Release, New Exhibition: Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835

NEW RELEASE, NEW EXHIBITION   Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525—1835 is now available in the shops and online. This exquisite catalogue of 65 Italian drawings showcases the splendors of Italian draftsmanship from the late Renaissance to the height of the neoclassical movement. The drawings were assembled by the European private collector Wolfgang Ratjen (1943-1997). Works are featured by many of the most important artists of the period, from Giulio Romano to Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. Outstanding Venetian examples include those by such artists as Domenico Tintoretto, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and Canaletto, whose elegant rendering of the "Giovedì Grasso" festival in Venice is perhaps his finest surviving drawing. shop.nga.gov/nga/category.cgi?item=410000431917 (purchase the catalogue) www.nga.gov/exhibitions/italiandrawingsinfo.htm (exhibition information) shop online: shop.nga.gov Join us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Watch our videos on ArtBabble

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