Exhibition Images
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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri called Guercino. Cento, 1591–1666, Bologna
The Infant Christ Blessing (Salvator Mundi), c. 1658
Red chalk.
Private Collection.
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Federico Barocci. Urbino, 1535?–1612, Urbino
Madonna Reading, with the Christ Child on Her Lap, 1568/80
Black and red chalk with pink, light blue, yellow, orange, and brown-red pastel on gray-blue paper
Private Collection. Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Naples, 1598–1680, Rome
Portrait of an Elderly Man with Mustache and Small Pointed Beard, 1630s or 1640s
Black, red, and white chalk
Private Collection. Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Agnolo Bronzino. Monticelli, 1503–1572, Florence
The Dead Christ, 1529/35
Black chalk with later framing lines in pen and ink.
Private Collection. Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Carlo Innocenzo Carlone. Scaria (Val d’Intelvi), 1686–1775, Scaria
The Baptism of Constantine, 1763
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk.
Private Collection. Photograph by Petegorsky/Gipe
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Annibale Carracci. Bologna, 1560–1609, Bologna
Study of a Tree, c. 1600
Pen and brown ink over black chalk
Private Collection.
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Bartolomeo Cesi. Bologna, 1556–1629, Bologna
A Striding Youth Carrying a Bundle of Sticks, 1591/94
Red and white chalk on blue paper
Private Collection. Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Jean-Jacques de Boissieu. Lyon, 1736–1810, Lyon
Portrait of a Farmhouse, outside Lyon, 1780/1800
Pen and brown ink with gray and green wash.
Private Collection. Photograph by Petegorsky/Gipe.
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Eugène Delacroix. Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798–1863, Paris
Cliffs at Fécamp, c. 1835/39
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on pale blue paper.
Private Collection. Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Grasse, 1732–1806, Paris
Two Cypresses in an Italian Garden, c. 1774
Two shades of red chalk, with later framing lines in pen and brown ink
Private Collection. Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Francesco Londonio. Milan, 1723–1783, Milan
Young Shepherd Boy Leaning on a Staff, 1760/65
Black chalk heightened with white on buff-colored paper.
Private Collection. Photograph by Petegorsky/Gipe.
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John Martin. Northumberland, 1789–1854, Douglas, Isle of Man
Figures Entering an Extensive Valley, c. 1820
Brush and sepia ink with scratching-out and some gum
Private Collection. Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola called Il Parmigianino. Parma, 1503–1540, Casalmaggiore
Nude Man Standing beside a Pedestal, 1530/40
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of black chalk. Private Collection
Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Cristofani Roncalli called Il Pomarancio. Pomarance, 1552–1626, Rome
Head of a Man, after the Laocoön, 1580s/1600
Red chalk
Private Collection. Photograph by Petegorsky/Gipe
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Venice, 1696–1770, Madrid
A Reclining Male Nude Reaching Forward and Upward, c. 1752
Red and white chalk on blue paper
Private Collection. Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Giorgio Vasari. Arezzo, 1511–1574, Florence
The Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine, Onofrio, Jerome, and Ivo, 1568
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk
Private Collection. Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Antoine Watteau. Nogent-sur-Marne, 1684–1721, Valenciennes
A Man Playing the Guitar, 1717/18
Red, black, and white chalk on gray-brown paper
Private Collection. Photograph by Ricardo Blanc. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
