Renaissance Drawings from the Ambrosiana, 1370-1600
August 12 – October 27, 1984
West Building, Ground Floor, Graphics Galleries GS-1, GS-2, GS-3, GS-4 (2,500 sq. ft.)
This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.
Overview: The selection of 89 Renaissance drawings from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan was organized by Louis Jordan, curator of the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame, with Robert R. Coleman and Giulio Bora in Milan. 2 drawings were withdrawn owing to conservation requirements.
Organization: Diane De Grazia was coordinator at the Gallery.
Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Attendance: 44,767
Catalog: Renaissance Drawings from the Ambrosiana, by Robert Randolf Coleman. South Bend, Indiana: University of Notre Dame, 1984.
Other Venues: Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
Ambrosiana, Milan