The Robert Lehman Collection, VI: Italian Eighteenth-Century Drawings
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987. Hardcover. Red cloth, pale grey/green illus. dust jacket with mylar cover, ix, 261 pp. 186 bw plates and 16 color plates; weighs nearly 4 lbs. VG- (Spine of dj has changed color with sun and time; otherwise clean.). Item #32409
ISBN: 0870994735
One single volume from the 15-volume set detailing the contents of this massive collection. This one obviously focuses on 18th-century Italian drawings. "Most of the drawings are Venetian, and they include major works by Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, and others. Yet the collection is particularly renowned for the large number of drawings by two artists, father and son: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) and Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804). The drawings of Giambattista stem from all the major phases of his career and represent a broad range of subjects, from religious scenes -- some of them among Tiepolo's masterpieces -- to fantastic heads and caricatures." (dj) And on and on and on. The illustrated and annotated catalogue addresses 186 items. An art browser's delight.
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