European Old Master Drawings

This catalogue features a selection of the fifty most extraordinary 16th to early 18th century European drawings from the Print Room of Musea Brugge. This volume brings together the most relevant findings of recent research including new attributions and identifications of hitherto unknown subjects of a number of drawings. These works also provide significant new insights into the drawing and workshop practices of the period.
The selection of fifty works includes drawings by important Flemish and Dutch artists such as Frans Floris and Govaert Flinck, as well as Italian masters like Federico Zuccari and French artists among whom the famous Jacques Callot and Pierre Mignard. In addition to these well-known names, significant works by lesser-known draughtsmen like Jan van Mieris, Johan van Lintelo and Louis de Deyster are represented.