Italian Renaissance Drawings from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Naissance et Renaissance du dessin italien

from 12 October 2024 to 12 January 2025

Opening hours: every day except Monday, from 12 to 6 pm.

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. 1505-07
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Leda and the Swan, c. 1505-07
Black 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. 1515
Fra Bartolommeo (1472-1517), Studies of a Young Man Leaning on a Pedestal, and Five Heads, c. 1515
Red 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. 1579-82
Federico Barocci (1535-1612), Study for the Entombment, c. 1579-82
Black 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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The visitor guide is available for download:

Visitor guide Naissance et Renaissance du dessin italien
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Practical Information

Address

Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt
121, rue de Lille - 75007 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 47 05 75 19
coll.lugt@fondationcustodia.fr
www.fondationcustodia.fr

Access by public transport

Metro: Assemblée Nationale (line 12) or Invalides (lines 8 and 13)
RER C: Invalides or Musée d’Orsay
Bus: lines 63, 73, 83, 84, 94, Assemblée Nationale
Vélib’: station opposite (n° 7009)

Opening hours

Every day except Monday, from 12 to 6 pm

We are closed on 25 December and 1 January

Cloakroom

Large bags, wet coats and umbrellas must be left in the cloakroom

Admission charges

12 € (full) / 10 € (reduced)
The reduced rate is available to seniors (over 65), Amis du Louvre, groups of at least 10 people

Free admission: children under 18, students under 30, unemployed people, RSA beneficiaries, press card, ICOM card, disabled person’s card, members of Vereniging Rembrandt

No online reservations

GUIDED TOURS

Possibility to visit the exhibition Italian Renaissance Drawings from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam with a conference guide on the following dates (in French): Friday 25 October 2024 at 12.30 pm (fully booked), Saturday 16 November at 12.30 pm (fully booked), Tuesday 26 November at 12.30 pm (fully booked), Tuesday 3 December at 2.00 pm, Saturday 14 December at 12.30 pm (fully booked).
Admission: price of the exhibition ticket
Reservation required: visites@fondationcustodia.fr