Drawings from the Hoesch collection on display in Dresden
From 10 June to 11 September 2022, the Kupferstich-Kabinett in Dresden presents "Anselmi to Zuccari. Master Drawings from the Hoesch Collection".
Source: Kupferstich-Kabinett (Museum of Prints, Drawings and Photographs), Dresden - Image: Annibale Carracci, River Landscape with Bathers, c. 1585/95
The rarely exhibited drawings shown in the exhibition include a very comprehensive representation of Italian artists from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, including Andrea Boscoli's "Triumph of Bacchus" (1582), Annibale Carracci's "River Landscape with Bathers" (c. 1585/95), "Penitent Mary Magdalene" (c. 1591/95) by Agostino Carracci, "Venus comes to the aid of Aeneas" (mid-17th century) by Pier Francesco Mola; or "Portrait of Jacopo Palma il Giovane" (1743) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; exhibited alongside works by other Europeans of this period, such as "Landscape with a House" by Claude Lorrain.
In addition to drawings from the Henning Hoesch Collection, "From Anselmi to Zuccari" also includes several works from the Kupferstich-Kabinett's own collection, which help to complete the exhibition narrative and, according to the museum, to establish new relationships between the works.
The Kupferstich-Kabinett states that "the exhibition allows viewers to peer over the shoulders of these artists and observe how they alternately sketch or carefully work through their ideas — whether figures, narrative scenes, or landscapes. The medium of drawing, which may involve pencil, pen or brush, offers a unique way to experience the process of creation up close, and in so doing to enter into a dialogue that spans centuries."

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