Dutch Drawings--Masterpieces from Five Centuries

October 5-26, 1958

Overview: 148 drawings by 93 artists came from about 25 collections in Holland, augmented by loans from Germany, Canada, and the United States. The show was organized by the print room of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution. Additional works were selected by J.Q. van Regteren Altena, director of the Rijksprentenkabinet, who prepared the catalogue. From Hieronymus Bosch to Vincent van Gogh, the survey included 18 drawings by Rembrandt and 19 more from the National Gallery, added for the Washington showing. The exhibition was sponsored by the government of The Netherlands and the Netherland-America Foundation.

Attendance: 12,119 (22 days)

Location: Ground Floor, Central Gallery, Galleries G-9, G-10, G-11

Catalogue: Dutch Drawings--Masterpieces of Five Centuries, by J.Q. van Regteren Altena. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1958.

Other venues:

Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Cleveland Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

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