Drawn from the Antique: Artists & the Classical Ideal

Aymonino. Adriano amd Anne Varick Lauder: Drawn from the Antique: Artists & the Classical Ideal. Exhibition: Haarlem, Teyler Museum and London, Sir John Soane's Museum, 2015. 256 pages, illustrated throughout in colour. Hardback. 29 x 21.5cms. A careful selection of thirty-nine drawings, prints and paintings from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Examines the long-held artistic tradition of drawing 'after the antique'; the practice of studying and copying the classical statues which provided training and inspiration to both young and established artists, from Agostino Veneziano, through Rubens to Turner.

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A careful selection of thirty-nine drawings, prints and paintings from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Examines the long-held artistic tradition of drawing 'after the antique'; the practice of studying and copying the classical statues which provided training and inspiration to both young and established artists, from Agostino Veneziano, through Rubens to Turner. Text in English