This beautiful and important book highlights the collection of European drawings at the Yale University Art Gallery, one of America's premier university museums. From intimate studies to exquisite finished compositions, the selection of works documents the history of European drawing practices beginning with late-medieval model books and progressing to the verge of the modern period. The aeeompawing text--written by a team of scholars--offers a unique introduction to various critical and technical aspects of the study of master drawings, brought to life through works from a range of national schools and in a variety of media.

Among the drawings examined in this handsomely produced volume are an animated pen-and-ink sketch by Giulio Romano, a pastoral landscape by Claude Lorrain, a forceful and humorous caricature by Guereino, a lively chalk drawing by Jacob ]ordaens, an illustration by Jean- Honore Fragonard of a scene from the epic poem Orlando Furioso, and a delicate portrait by Edgar Degas.

Director's Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Note on the Catalogue

CATALOGUE

Watermarks

Bibliography

Index

Artists in the Catalogue

Photography Credits