Fondation Custodi
Naissance et Renaissance du dessin italien
12 October 2024 to 12 January 2025
Among the large variety of collections held by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam can be found one of the most noteworthy holdings of Old Master Drawings in the world. Eager to introduce this prestigious collection to a wider public, the Fondation Custodia presents a selection of 120 of the finest fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian drawings from the Rotterdam museum.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Leda and the Swan, c. 1505-07Black chalk, pen and ink. – 128 × 109 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 466
The aim of the exhibition is to reveal those talented draughtsmen whose artistic innovations were at the core of the Italian Renaissance. Pisanello, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Veronese, Correggio... Thanks to recent research carried out at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, in collaboration with international experts and the Fondation Custodia, a number of important discoveries have been made regarding the drawings and some have been re-attributed to leading artists including Pontormo, Federico Zuccari, Aurelio Lomi and Pellegrino Tibaldi.
Fra Bartolommeo (1472-1517), Studies of a Young Man Leaning on a Pedestal, and Five Heads, c. 1515Red chalk. – 287 × 197 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 563 M 3
Drawings made by some of the early fifteenth-century precursors of the Italian Renaissance, today of the greatest rarity, are one of the salient features of the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Several studies by Pisanello, Parri Spinelli and Benozzo Gozzoli open the exhibition in an impressive way. From then on, the pre-eminent centres of Florence and Venice take over. These were the principal hubs of artistic creation at the time and indeed dominate the Rotterdam collection. The museum is famous for its exceptional collection of 400 drawings by the Florentine painter Fra Bartolommeo, thirteen of which are presented in Paris. Venice is not far behind and the exhibition contains work by its greatest representatives: Vittore Carpaccio, Gentile Bellini, Veronese, Jacopo Tintoretto and their workshops, as well as that of the Bassano family.
Federico Barocci (1535-1612), Study for the Entombment, c. 1579-82Black and white chalk, squared for transfer, on blue paper. – 259 × 374 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 428
Drawings by the three great masters of the Renaissance – Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo – constitute another high point in the exhibition and lead us on to the work of Roman artists (Giulio Romano, Sebastiano del Piombo), those from Parma and Emilia (Parmigianino, Correggio) and other regional schools. The exhibition ends with drawings by the generation of artists active at the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the seventeenth, including Federico Barocci, the Zuccari, Cavaliere d’Arpino and the Carracci.
The exhibition has been made possible by the generous loan from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Catalogue
Italian Renaissance Drawings from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Edited by Maud Guichané and Rosie Razzall
London, Paul Holberton Publishing, 2024
296 p., 200 colour illustrations
28 × 22,6 cm, paperback, in English
ISBN 978 1 913645 77 9
40,00 €
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