| Summary: | This comprehensive catalogue of the Netherlandish, Flemish, Dutch and Belgian drawings from the sixteenth to the twentieth century in The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, is a translated and revised edition from the original Russian edition published in 2001. Now also with contribtions by Charles Dumas, Thera Folmer-von Oven and Bernard Vermet. The English edition describes 633 drawings. Besides these detailed descriptions there are 672 illustrations; 541 colour illustrations of the Dutch and Flemish collection by artists such as Hendrick Avercamp, Cornelis van Haarlen, Allart van Everdingen, Rembrandt and many others. Amongst the 91 artists from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are Vincent van Gogh, Frans Masereel and Constant Permeke. Appendix I lists the drawings that were formely attributed to Dutch or Flemish artists, with illustrations. Appendix II contains 29 Dutch drawings no longer in this collection. With the use of high quality paper this book will be a long lasting comprehensive survey of this unique collection.
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