MASTER DRAWINGS AT YALE

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NEW HAVEN, CONN. — The Yale University Art Gallery will present “Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery,” February 12–June 8.

“Master Drawings” comprises approximately 85 drawings from the gallery’s collection, providing a survey of European draftsmanship from the late Fifteenth to the mid-Nineteenth Centuries. The drawings range from early studies in the late-medieval model-book tradition (an anonymous “Venetian Lion”) up to the beginnings of modern art (Edgar Degas’ “Seated Young Girl”).

Drawings of all genres, types and mediums — preparatory studies for paintings or prints, finished drawings and casual sketches — are included, and a range of national schools, including French, German, Italian and Netherlandish, is represented. Intended to draw new attention to Yale’s rich collection of European drawings, this exhibition and its accompanying catalog, co-published by the Yale University Art Gallery and Yale University Press, provide the first full exploration of these works in more than 30 years.

The gallery is at 1111 Chapel Street (at York), fourth floor. For information, www.artgallery.yale.edu or 203-432-0600.