Drawn to Excellence: Renaissance to Romantic Drawings from a Private Collection

Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 10:00am to 5:00pm

Johnson Museum of Art Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 114 Central Ave, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

This exhibition, organized by the Smith College Museum of Art, offers one of the finest opportunities in the Johnson’s forty-year history for our audiences to study a large group of high-quality master drawings. Preparatory studies for major religious paintings, landscapes, and more from the 16th through the early 19th centuries highlight the timeless value of drawings connoisseurship and present a cultural role within a wider range of disciplines.