15OMasterpieces of DrawingSelected by Anthony ToneyDover Publications, Inc., New York Copyright 1963 by Dover Publications, Inc. All rights reserved under Pan American and International Copyright Conventions. 150 Masterpieces of Drawing is a new work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 1963. Standard Book Number: 486-21032-4
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Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 LIST OF PLATES PLATE Page from a sketchbook showing three Veronese coiffures of the first half of the Quattrocento; below, a saint cutting a pen, and two childrens heads. 6 8. 6 8.
Madonna and ecclesiastical donor. Silverpoint on white tinted paper.7 11. Portrait of a man. Silverpoint on white tinted Nuremberg, Chief Counsel at the Supreme paper. 7 10. Matrimonial coat of arms.
Pen drawing in brown ink. 7 10. Lamentation over Christ, with Saints Mary, Jerome, and John the Baptist. Formerly attributed to Piero della Francesca, then to Timoteo Viti; credited to Perugino by O. Fischel. 7 8. 7 8.
Zacharias sacrificing in the temple, with members of the Tornabuoni and Tornaquinci families of Florence. First sketch for the fresco in the choir of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. Pen drawing in bistre with wash. 14 10. Judgment of Paris. Juno carries the cornucopia, Venus the lyre, and Minerva the trophy.
Brush drawing in bistre on parchment. 10 12. Saint Peter. Silverpoint on blue tinted paper, continued with pen in bistre and lightly washed. Reproduced original size. Portrait of a senator.
Study for the signed painting in the National Gallery, London, dated 1487. Chalk (Steinkreide) on brown paper, with heightening in white. 10 14. Studies of hands for a Madonna and angels. Silverpoint on gray tinted paper. 9 12.
The Man of Sorrows. Pen drawing in bistre on brown paper, with wash and heightening in white. 6 10. Madonna and Child. Formerly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. 8 10. 8 10.
Adam and Eve seated on a root of the Tree of Knowledge. Pen drawing in bistre. 8 10. Self portrait at the age of 13. Inscription: Dz hab Ich aws eim spigell nach mir selbs kunterfet im 1484 Jahr do ich noch ein Kint was (This is the picture I did of myself looking into a mirror in 1484, when I was still a child). 7 10. 7 10.
Study for the Saint Jerome in Lisbon. Inscription: Der Man was alt 93 Jor vnd noch gesunt vnd jermuglich zv antorff (This man was 93 years old and still healthy and active in Antwerp). Signed and dated 1521. Brush drawing on gray violet tinted paper. 11 16. Venetian woman in festive attire.
Dated 1495. Lightly colored pen drawing. 6 11. Portrait of Ulrich Varnbler, of Nuremberg, Chief Counsel at the Supreme Court of the Holy Roman Empire. Preliminary drawing for the woodcut of 1522. 12 16. 12 16.
The dead roller. (This is the bird known as Blauracke in Germany.) Dated 1512. Paints on parchment. 7 10. Christ on the Mount of Olives. Dated 1515.
Preliminary drawing for etching. Pen drawing in dark bistre. 8 11. Hands in prayer. Study for an apostle. 1508. 7 9. 7 9.
Portrait of Cardinal Matthus Lang of Wellenburg, Archbishop of Salzburg. Pen drawing on glazed paper ( Oleatpapier ). 10 15. Young hare. Dated 1502. 8 9. 8 9.
Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I. Inscription: Das ist keiser maximilian den hab ich albrecht diirer Zw awgspurg hoch obn Awff der pfaltz in sein kleinen stble knterfett do man tzalt 1518 am mandag noch Johannis tawffer (This is Emperor Maximilian; I, Albrecht Diirer, did his portrait in Augsburg high up in the palace in his small chamber in the year 1518 on the Monday after St. John the Baptists Day). Charcoal study for the painting in Vienna and the woodcut. 12 15. Knee drapery for the garment of God the Father in the Ascension of 1508.
Brush drawing on pale green tinted paper, with heightening in white. 9 7. The Madonna with the animals. Pen drawing, with water colors lightly applied. 9 12. Head of a youth with red cap.
Crayon and chalk. 6 8. Male nude. Pen drawing. 7 10. Study for the London Entombment of Christ.
Red chalk drawing with restorations in white. 9 16. Three figures from a group of spectators. Pen drawing in bistre. 7 11. Portrait of a lady with a fan.
Formerly attributed to Leonardo; correct attribution by G. Frizzoni. Red and white chalk, enlivened with crayon. 11 16. Portrait of a young woman. Dated 1544.
Red chalk drawing with background wash. 7 9. Honorific portrayal of Albert II, Frederick III, Maximilian I, and Charles V, flanked by spiritual and temporal dignitaries; the coat of arms, front center, is that of Charles V. Pen drawing with colored wash. 13 10. The sacrifice of Isaac in a fantastic landscape.
Ink on olive green tinted paper, heightened with white. Reproduced original size. Group of witches. Dated 1514. Ink on brown tinted paper, heightened with white. 8
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