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Treasures on Paper

Drawings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection
June 13 - August 19, 1989

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Jan Gossaert

Adam and Eve

Francesco Guardi

Villa Loredan a Paese (Villa Loredan at Paese)
A sheet with various pen and ink study drawings. At left is a nude Hercules. At right are various annotations and sketches, including of a man wearing a plumed helmet.

Giovanni Battista Bertani

Double-Sided Sheet: Study for Hercules Victorious over the Hydra (recto); Study of Hercules a Roman Soldier’s Head, and Ornament (verso)
A pen and ink with brown wash gestural drawing of Christ’s body being taken down from the Cross by his followers and Mary. The faceless figures create a pyramid form.

Luca Cambiaso

Descent from the Cross

Hubert Robert

Antique Ruins with Figures

Francesco Mazzuoli, called II Parmigianino

Study of an Antique Head of Julius Caesar

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié

Study of Two Female Arms One Holding a Rose Garland
A red chalk portrait of the painter Giuseppe Amedeo Aliberti in red chalk wearing a tri-corner hat. He is standing with his right side facing the viewer, paintbrush in hand. The Italian text at the bottom reads: “Giuseppe Amedeo Aliberti Pinore Studente in Bologna al Servizio di Sua Maestrà Carlo Emanuele Rè di Sardigna, Duca di Savoia Principe di Piamonte dellineata da Monsieur Bonchardon Seultore di S.M. Christianisima rel suo Pasazzio chef ecce per Bologna di Aitorne da Roma à Earigi dimendato dal suo Rà.”

Edme Bouchardon

Portrait of the Painter Giuseppe Amedeo Aliberti
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