Press Release and Images

Italian Renaissance Drawings from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Exhibition from 12 October 2024 to 12 January 2025
(20 September 2024)

Press release in English
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Persbericht in het Nederlands
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Images Available to the Press

1. Pisanello (c. 1395-1455), Four Studies of a Female Nude, an Annunciation and Two Studies of Women Swimming, c. 1431-32
Pen and ink on parchment. – 223 × 167 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 520
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2. Workshop of Benozzo Gozzoli (c. 1420-1497), Studies after plaster casts of feet, page from the Gozzoli Album c. 1450-60
Pen and ink, wash, white heightening, on green prepared paper. – 229 × 160 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 562 5 verso
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3. Vittore Carpaccio (1460/65-1525/26), Study of the Head of a Bearded Man, c. 1497-98
Black chalk, brush and ink, heightened with white, on buff paper. – 128 × 123 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. MB 1940/T 8
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4. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Leda and the Swan, c. 1505-07
Black chalk, pen and ink. – 128 × 109 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 466
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5. Michelangelo (1475-1564), Bust of a Man Wearing a Plumed Helmet and a Study of a Head, c. 1504-06
Pen and ink. – 140 × 115 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 185
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6. Raphael (1483-1520), Study for the Kneeling Infant Saint John, c. 1509-11
Metalpoint on cream-coloured prepared paper. – 115 × 104 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 110
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7. Fra Bartolommeo (1472-1517), Studies of a Young Man Leaning on a Pedestal, and Five Heads, c. 1515
Red chalk. – 287 × 197 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 563 M 3
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8. Fra Bartolommeo (1472-1517), Composition Study for Saint George Slaying the Dragon, c. 1509
Black chalk, heightened with white, on buff prepared paper. – 318 × 221 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 563 M 88
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9. Jacopo Pontormo (1494-1557), Two Seated Young Men, c. 1525
Red chalk. – 277 × 379 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 117
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10. Parmigianino (1503-1540), Portrait of Valerio Belli in Profile, mount by Giorgio Vasari or his workshop, c. 1520-25
Red chalk (mount: pen and ink, brown wash). – 158 × 127 mm (portrait); 273 × 246 mm (mount)
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. nos. I 392 and I 392 di.
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11. Correggio (1489-1534), Study for the Coronation of the Virgin, c. 1520-22
Red chalk, pen, brush and ink. – 196 × 203 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 381
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12. Federico Zuccari (1539-1609), Polidoro da Caravaggio as the Roman God Mars, c. 1595
Black chalk, pen and ink, wash. – 285 × 140 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Acquired with the Van Beuningen Collection, inv. no. MB 1958/T 35
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13. Federico Barocci (1535-1612), Study for the Entombment, c. 1579-82
Black and white chalk, squared for transfer, on blue paper. – 259 × 374 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 428
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14. Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), Study of a Seated Male Nude, c. 1595-1600
Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper. – 336 × 221 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs Collection), inv. no. I 183
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