Exhibition

Innocence and Experience: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints

February 9th - May 16th, 2023
Free with Museum admission
Design Fragment for the Left Side of the 'Fonte Gaia' in Siena, Jacopo della Quercia (Jacopo di Pietro d’Angelo di Guarnieri)  Italian, Pen and medium brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint and ruling, on vellum, glued onto secondary paper support
Jacopo della Quercia (Jacopo di Pietro d’Angelo di Guarnieri) (Italian, Siena 1374?–1438 Siena)
1415–16
Unfinished Design for a Choir Book: Initial with Scene of Christ Entering the Temple., Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)  Italian, Pen and pale grayish brown ink, brush and pale grayish brown wash (figural scene), pen and pale brown ink, over construction in leadpoint, ruling and compass work (ornamental parts), ruled lines in red ink, notes and words in pen and dark brown ink (musical score), on vellum
Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1370–1425 Florence (?))
1408–11
Free Copy of Giotto's "Navicella" (recto); Copy of Adam in Masaccio's Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, and other Figure Studies (verso), Parri Spinelli (recto) Italian, Pen and brown ink (recto and verso). glued onto a secondary backing sheet of paper drawn in pen and brown ink, over black chalk
Various Artists
ca. 1420
Four Saints (recto); Two Saints, Seated Madonna, and Kneeling Figure (verso), Anonymous, Italian, probably Umbrian, 14th century  Italian, Pen and brown ink, highlighted with white gouache
Anonymous, Italian, probably Umbrian, 14th century
1375-1400
Study of a Seated Mannequin with an Arrangement of Drapery, for a Figure of the Virgin, Anonymous, North-Italian, probably Lombard, 15th century  Italian, Pen with two colors of brown ink and wash (warm brown and grayish), highlighted with white gouache, over grayish black chalk, on gray-blue paper
Anonymous, North-Italian, probably Lombard, 15th century
15th century
Three Standing Figures (recto); Seated Woman and a Male Hermit in Half-length (verso), Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia)  Italian, Pen and brown ink, over traces of charcoal or black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, brush with touches of brown wash, over traces of charcoal or black chalk (verso)
Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia) (Italian, Paris or Pavia ca. 1374/75–after 1438 Verona)
1435–38
The Resurrection, Marco Zoppo (Marco Ruggeri known as Lo Zoppo)  Italian, White tempera, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on paper washed light-brown of slightly greenish tint
Marco Zoppo (Marco Ruggeri known as Lo Zoppo) (Italian, Cento 1431/32 – ca. 1478 Venice)
ca. 1465-70
Standing Youth with Hands Behind His Back, and a Seated Youth Reading (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso), Filippino Lippi  Italian, Metalpoint, highlighted with white gouache, on pink prepared paper (recto); metalpoint, on pink prepared paper (verso)
Filippino Lippi (Italian, Prato ca. 1457–1504 Florence)
1457/58–1504
Sketches of Figures of the Virgin Kneeling, Saint Peter Standing, Seated Allegorical Figures of Faith and Charity, and Child Standing on a Corbel (?) (recto); Sketches of Figures of Saint Sebastian Standing and the Virgin and Child with Angels (verso), Francesco di Simone Ferrucci  Italian, Pen and brown ink, over leadpoint or black chalk, on rose-washed paper
Attributed to Francesco di Simone Ferrucci (Italian, Fiesole 1437–1493 Florence)
1487–88
Studies of a Stag, Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia)  Italian, Pen and brown ink
Attributed to Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia) (Italian, Paris or Pavia ca. 1374/75–after 1438 Verona)
1430s
Studies of a Stag, Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia)  Italian, Pen and brown ink
Attributed to Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia) (Italian, Paris or Pavia ca. 1374/75–after 1438 Verona)
1430s
A Lion Confronting a Dragon, Anonymous, Italian, Tuscan, 16th century  Italian, Pen and brown ink
Anonymous, Italian, Tuscan, 16th century
ca. 1500–1510
Measured Drawing of a Horse Facing Left (recto), Andrea del Verrocchio  Italian, Pen and dark brown ink, over traces of black chalk
Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian, Florence 1435–1488 Venice)
ca. 1480–88
Landscape (recto); Landscape (verso), Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci)  Italian, Brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, on gray-green prepared paper (recto); pen and brown ink on unprepared off-white paper (verso)
Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) (Italian, Città della Pieve, active by 1469–died 1523 Fontignano)
1489–90
A Small Town on the Crest of a Slope, Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino)  Italian, Pen and brown ink
Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino) (Italian, Florence 1473–1517 Florence)
1504–1507
Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam (The Creation of Eve: "And She Shall be Called Woman) (recto); Sketch for the same (verso), William Blake  British, Watercolor, pen and black ink, over graphite
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
ca. 1803
Angel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10), William Blake  British, Watercolor, pen and black ink, brush and wash, over traces of graphite
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
ca. 1803–5
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, William Blake  British, Watercolor, pen and black ink, brush and wash, over graphite
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
ca. 1799–1800
Pity, William Blake  British, Relief etching, printed in color and finished with pen and ink and watercolor
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
ca. 1795
God Judging Adam, William Blake  British, Relief etching, printed in color and finished with pen and ink and watercolor
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
ca. 1795
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: Combined Title-page, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789–94] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: Frontispiece, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: Title Page, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: Introduction, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: The Shepherd, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: The Ecchoing Green, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: The Ecchoing Green (second plate), William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: The Lamb, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: The Blossom, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: Little Boy Lost, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: The Little Boy Found, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: Laughing Song, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: A Cradle Song, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: A Cradle Song (second plate), William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: The Divine Image, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: Spring, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: Spring (second plate), William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Innocence: Infant Joy, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: Frontispiece, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: Title-page, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: Introduction, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: The Clod & the Pebble, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: Holy Thursday, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: The Chimney Sweeper, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: Nurses Song, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: The Sick Rose, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: The Fly, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: The Angel, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: The Tyger, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: The Garden of Love, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: The Little Vagabond, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: London, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: The Human Abstract, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: Infant Sorrow, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: A Poison Tree, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1794] printed ca. 1825
Songs of Experience: The Voice of the Ancient Bard, William Blake  British, Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
[1789] printed ca. 1825
The Sailor's Orphans, or the Young Ladies' Subscription, William Ward  British, Hand-colored mezzotint
Various Artists
June 1, 1800
Schoolboys Giving Charity to a Blind Man, John Raphael Smith  British, Hand-colored mezzotint; second state
Various Artists
1781
The Golden Age, Valentine Green  British, Mezzotint
Various Artists
June 4, 1777
The Sliver Age, John Raphael Smith  British, Mezzotint; second state of two
Various Artists
January 30, 1778
A Lion (A Lion Resting on a Rock), George Stubbs  British, Etching with roulette work; only state
George Stubbs (British, Liverpool 1724–1806 London)
May 1, 1788
A Sleeping Leopard, George Stubbs  British, Soft-ground etching with roulette work; second state of two
George Stubbs (British, Liverpool 1724–1806 London)
January 1, 1791
A Tyger, John Murphy  Irish, Mezzotint
Various Artists
1790
The Flood, Edward Calvert  British, Lithograph
Edward Calvert (British, Appledore, Devon 1799–1833 Hackney (London))
1829
Ideal Pastoral Life, Edward Calvert  British, Lithograph
Edward Calvert (British, Appledore, Devon 1799–1833 Hackney (London))
1829
The Ploughman, Edward Calvert  British, Wood engraving on India paper; third state of three
Edward Calvert (British, Appledore, Devon 1799–1833 Hackney (London))
1827
The Cyder Feast, Edward Calvert  British, Wood engraving on India paper; third state of three
Edward Calvert (British, Appledore, Devon 1799–1833 Hackney (London))
1828
"The Entertaining History of Little Jack" [School piece or Penmanship sheet], John Bewick  British, Etching and engraving; late impression
Various Artists
November 10, 1806
Puss in Boots, an entertaining School-Piece: by Young Slyboots [School piece or Penmanship sheet], Laurie & Whittle  British, Etching and engraving; late impression
Laurie & Whittle (British, active 1794–1836)
November 13, 1802
The Art of Preparing and Making the Materials used in Writing [School piece or Penmanship sheet], Carington Bowles I  British, Etching and engraving, with pen and ink
Carington Bowles I (British, 1724–1793)
Inscribed text by Joshua Brookes (British, active 1783–86)
1786
Madame Alexandre Lethière and Her Daughter Letizia, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres  French, Graphite
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780–1867 Paris)
ca. 1815
Portrait of a Mother and Child, John Linnell  British, Graphite with watercolor and gouache (bodycolor)
John Linnell (British, London 1792–1882 Redhill, Surrey)
1823
The Young Family, Lorenz Frølich  Danish, Pen and dark brown and reddish brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite
Lorenz Frølich (Danish, Copenhagen 1820–1908 Hellerup)
1835–1903
Child in a Crib, Lorenz Frølich  Danish, Pen and dark brown and reddish-brown ink, brush and gray wash over a graphite underdrawing
Lorenz Frølich (Danish, Copenhagen 1820–1908 Hellerup)
1835–1903
Mother Watching Over Two Young Children Playing (recto); Baby in a Bassinet (verso), Lorenz Frølich  Danish, Pen and black and brown ink with brush and gray wash over graphite
Lorenz Frølich (Danish, Copenhagen 1820–1908 Hellerup)
1835–1903
Two Seated Italian Women with a Baby in a Cradle, Kristian Zahrtmann  Danish, Charcoal; framing lines in charcoal (or graphite?), by the artist
Kristian Zahrtmann (Danish, Rønne 1834–1912 Frederiksberg)
1889
La Sortie de bébé, Marcellin Desboutin  French, Drypoint; second state of two
Marcellin Desboutin (French, Cérilly 1823–1902 Nice)
1878
Maternal Caress, Mary Cassatt  American, Compressed charcoal and graphite over some charcoal lines
Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)
ca. 1891
Maternal Caress, Mary Cassatt  American, Drypoint, aquatint and softground etching, printed in color from three plates; sixth state of six (Mathews & Shapiro)
Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)
1890–91
Nursing, Mary Cassatt  American, Drypoint; third state of three
Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)
ca. 1890
Bill Lying on His Mother's Lap, Mary Cassatt  American, Soft-ground etching and aquatint; fourth state of five
Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)
ca. 1889
Peasant Mother and Child, Mary Cassatt  American, Drypoint and aquatint, printed in color from three plates; tenth state of ten
Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)
ca. 1894
The Birth of Annette, Edouard Vuillard  French, Color lithograph on China paper; trial proof of undescribed early state
Edouard Vuillard (French, Cuiseaux 1868–1940 La Baule)
ca. 1899
Mother and Child, back cover illustration for  "Petit Solfège illustré", Pierre Bonnard  French, Lithograph; touched proof
Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet)
Allier Père et Fils (French)
1893
Family Scene, Pierre Bonnard  French, Color lithograph
Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet)
André Marty (French, born 1857)
March 30, 1893
Municipal Shelter, Käthe Kollwitz  German, Lithograph
Käthe Kollwitz (German, Kaliningrad (Königsberg) 1867–1945 Moritzburg)
1926
Worker Woman with Sleeping Boy, Käthe Kollwitz  German, Lithograph
Käthe Kollwitz (German, Kaliningrad (Königsberg) 1867–1945 Moritzburg)
1927
The Drawing Lesson (Berthe Morisot and her Daughter), Berthe Morisot  French, Drypoint on wove paper
Berthe Morisot (French, Bourges 1841–1895 Paris)
Julie Manet (French, 1878–1966)
1889
Portrait of Berthe Morisot, Marcellin Desboutin  French, Drypoint; second state of two
Marcellin Desboutin (French, Cérilly 1823–1902 Nice)
Berthe Morisot (French, Bourges 1841–1895 Paris)
ca. 1876
L'Homme à la pipe, Marcellin Desboutin  French, Etching, drypoint, and roulette
Marcellin Desboutin (French, Cérilly 1823–1902 Nice)
Marcellin Desboutin (French, Cérilly 1823–1902 Nice)
1879
Portrait of Félix Bracquemond in 1852, from "L'Art", Félix Bracquemond  French, Etching
Various Artists
1878
Portrait of the artist, Alphonse Legros  French and British, Etching and drypoint; third state of four
Alphonse Legros (French, Dijon 1837–1911 Watford, Hertfordshire)
1880
Portrait of Comte Lepic, Marcellin Desboutin  French, Drypoint; sixth state of seven
Marcellin Desboutin (French, Cérilly 1823–1902 Nice)
Ludovic Lepic (French, Paris 1839–1889 Paris)
1876
Portrait of Edgar Degas in profile, Michel Manzi  French, Color etching with roulette
Michel Manzi (French, 1849–1915)
Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
1886
Portrait of Edgar Degas, wearing a hat, Marcellin Desboutin  French, Drypoint; first state of two
Marcellin Desboutin (French, Cérilly 1823–1902 Nice)
Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
1876
The Baby's Bouquet, A Fresh Bunch of Rhymes and Tunes, Walter Crane  British, Illustrations: color wood engraving
Various Artists
1878
The Baby's Opera, A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses...the Music by the Earliest Masters, Walter Crane  British, Illustrations: wood engraving, printed in colors
Various Artists
1877
A Day in a Child's Life, Kate Greenaway  British, Illustrations: color wood engraving
Various Artists
[1881]
"Nursery Songs"―Cover Design, Paul Vincent Woodroffe  British, born India, Pen and black ink, watercolor and graphite
Paul Vincent Woodroffe (British (born India), Madras 1875–1954 Eastbourne)
Associated musician Joseph Samuel Moorat (British, 1864–1938)
February 21, 1907
"Hey Diddle Diddle"―Page Design, Paul Vincent Woodroffe  British, born India, Pen and black ink, watercolor and graphite
Paul Vincent Woodroffe (British (born India), Madras 1875–1954 Eastbourne)
Music arranged by Joseph Samuel Moorat (British, 1864–1938)
January 21, 1907
Le Journal de Bébé, Marie-Madelaine Franc-Nohain  French
Marie-Madelaine Franc-Nohain (French, 1878–1942)
Published by Editions Bernard Grasset , Paris
1914

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February 9th - May 16th, 2023
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