The master drawings at the Crocker Art Museum, dating from the
late-15th to the mid-19th centuries, form an unusually rich and
historic collection, known to include of many keystones of the
history of art. Sheets by Carpaccio, D rer, Callot, and Boucher
only scratch the surface of a collection whose sources include the
great eighteenth-century collectors Pierre-Jean Mariette, Pierre
Crozat, Joshua Reynolds, and Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville;
their 17th-century predecessors Evrard Jabach, Nicolas Lanier, Jan
Pietersz Zoomer, and Pieter Lely; as well as 19th-century
collectors like William Esdaile, Thomas Lawrence, and Dominique
Vivant-Denon.
Purchased for the most part in 186971 by the founders of the
Crocker Art Museum, the works are in some ways a time capsule that
gives insight into the European art market and the taste of the
patrons. Through this catalogue the Museum introduces a selection
of the best drawings to the public for the first time, and provides
a splendid overview of this unique collection, shedding fuller
light on its history and context, both in relation to California
events and to American patronage.
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