"French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard" by Alvin L. Clark

French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums Alvin L. Clark, Edouard Kopp

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Format:: Hardback
Publication date:: 27 Apr 2021
ISBN:: 9780300250916
Imprint:: Harvard Art Museums
Dimensions:: 400 pages: 305 x 229mm
Illustrations:: 350 color + b-w illus.
Sales territories:: World

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Dazzling works on paper from a vast and celebrated collection

The Harvard Art Museums house one of the most significant collections of works on paper in North America. Among its many strengths are sheets by draftsmen of the French School, including notable masters such as Simon Vouet, Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin, Jean-Antoine Watteau, François Boucher, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, and Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Following an introductory essay that charts the formation of this group of drawings, this catalogue provides thorough entries on more than 100 outstanding examples from the 16th to 18th century that encompass a range of genres and motifs—from landscapes and figure studies to historical and mythological scenes—many of which were produced for major commissions or mark key moments in the development of style and taste in early modern France. Alvin L. Clark Jr. marshals his decades-long engagement with these works, pairing a discerning eye with perceptive readings that deepen our understanding of the drawings and their makers.

Alvin L. Clark Jr. is curator of the Horvitz Collection and Jeffrey E. Horvitz Research Curator Emeritus at the Harvard Art Museums. Edouard Kopp is the John R. Eckel Jr. Foundation Chief Curator at the Menil Drawing Institute and former Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings at the Harvard Art Museums.