The Low Countries were the economic and artistic powerhouse of northern Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This book charts the development and function of drawings as valuable records of creativity and exchange, shedding light on artistic techniques, styles and workshop practice. Key questions are addressed, such as: how these early drawings were made, used and understood by their contemporaries.
Case studies selected from over 1,200 sheets from the British Museum’s outstanding collection are brought together to present a new paradigm for the understanding of Netherlandish drawings. With a focus on function and material, new connections from across the period enable the presentation of a unified narrative of drawing in the region.
Highlights include works by renowned artists Rogier van der Weyden, Lucas van Leyden, Pieter Bruegel and Hendrick Goltzius. Examples from lesser-known artists, anonymous works and workshop copies ensure the presentation of a comprehensive account of drawing in the region.
A comprehensive examination of drawings from the Low Countries (present-day Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands) dating from around 1430 to around 1600. This book is the culmination of a five-year research project combining curatorial, conservation and scientific expertise from the British Museum.
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A comprehensive examination of drawings from the Low Countries (present-day Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands) dating from around 1430 to around 1600. This book is the culmination of a five-year research project combining curatorial, conservation and scientific expertise from the British Museum.
Forewords
Preface
Introduction (Olenka Horbatsch)
1. The Low Countries (Charlotte Wytema)
2. Drawings in the Netherlandish workshop (Olenka Horbatsch)
3. Netherlandish cities as centres of drawing (Yvonne Bleyerveld)
4. Materials, techniques and scientific analysis (Rebecca Snow, Samantha
Taylor, Joanne Dyer and Emma Turner, with Olenka Horbatsch)
Catalogue of 180 works
(Flora Clark, Olenka Horbatsch, Charlotte Wytema, Ilja Veldman, Yvonne
Bleyerveld, Edward Wouk, Stefaan Hautekeete, Susanne Bartels, Stijn Alsteens
and Anne van Oosterwijk)
Selected reading
Acknowledgements
Credits
Index
Olenka Horbatsch is Curator of Dutch, Flemish and German Prints and Drawings at the British Museum and a board member of the Historians of Netherlandish Art.
Charlotte Wytema is IMAF Project Curator: Netherlandish Drawings at the British Museum.
Stijn Alsteens is Director of the Fondation Custodia, Paris.
Susanne Bartels is Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Curatorial Fellow, Harvard Art Museums.
Yvonne Bleyerveld is Senior Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Institute for Art History (RKD) in The Hague and Professor of Art of Paper and Parchment at Leiden University.
Flora Clark is Research Assistant, Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum and PhD student at the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Joanne Dyer is Scientist: Colour Science at the British Museum.
Stefaan Hautekeete is Curator at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Belgium.
Anne van Oosterwijk is Director of Collection, Musea Brugge.
Rebecca Snow is Conservator: Paper at the British Museum.
Samantha Taylor is Conservator: Western Art on Paper at the British Museum.
Emma Turner is Senior Conservator: Western Art on Paper at the British Museum.
Ilja Veldman is an independent art historian and was previously Professor of Visual Arts at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Edward Wouk is Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Manchester.
