Publisher's Synopsis
- This publication shows exquisite works of art by great masters such as Dürer, Fragonard, Millet, Watteau and others that can't be found on permanent display for conservation reasons This publication presents the drawings and watercolors gathered by Calouste Gulbenkian rarely put on display for conservation reasons. It is possible to identify in this publication some of the great examples of European drawings and watercolors produced between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries by great masters such as Dürer, Fragonard, Millet, Watteau and others. Contents: Essay: Calouste Gulbenkian and the art of drawing; Selected works; Chapters: sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Eighteenth century; Nineteenth Century; Twentieth Century.
