The Robert Lehman Collection, Vol. 6: Italian Eighteenth-Century Drawings

This volume surveys an incomparable group of 18th-century Italian drawings, seen in 241 duotone illustrations and presented by two of the leading scholars in the field. Most of the drawings are Venetian, including major works by Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and his son Domenico Tiepolo. This book is part of a series of beautifully produced and illustrated volumes examining in depth the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Robert Lehman, one of the foremost art collectors of his generation, embraced traditional and modern masters. This work catalogues 130 nineteenth- and 20th-century paintings that are part of the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum. It includes paintings by Ingres, Theodore Rousseau, and Corot among other early 19th-century artists. In addition to a group of early German drawings, this collection includes a Saint Paul from a series associated with Jan van Eyck and the famous Scupstoel from the circle of Rogier van der Weyden. It discusses all drawings, placing each in its art historical setting and complementing it with comparative illustrations of related works This Volume, One Of A Series Of Sixteen, Catalogues The Eighteenth-century Italian Drawings In The Robert Lehman Collection At The Metropolitan Museum. -- Metropolitan Museum Of Art Website. James Byam Shaw, George Knox. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 247-258) And Indexes. The description for this book, The Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume Italian Eighteenth-Century Drawings, will be forthcoming.