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Drawing in silver and gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns

September 10 – December 6, 2015

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The exhibition explores the development of metalpoint through six centuries and showcases the great variety of artistic styles it has encompassed. It features works by some of the greatest artists working from the Renaissance to the present, from Raphael to Bruce Nauman.

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Hendrik Goltzius

Self-portrait holding a copper-plate, c. 1589

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Albrecht Dürer

Dog Resting, c. 1520

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Strata no. 407, 2005

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Lucas van Leyden

Two nude allegorical figures seated back-to-back on a sphere, c. 1516

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Leonardo da Vinci

Bust of a warrior, c. 1475

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Rogier van der Weyden

Portrait of an unknown young woman, c. 1435

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Hans Holbein the Elder

Portrait of the artist’s brother Sigmund, 1512

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

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Hendrik Goltzius

Self-portrait holding a copper-plate, c. 1589

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Albrecht Dürer

Dog Resting, c. 1520

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Strata no. 407, 2005

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Lucas van Leyden

Two nude allegorical figures seated back-to-back on a sphere, c. 1516

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Leonardo da Vinci

Bust of a warrior, c. 1475

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Rogier van der Weyden

Portrait of an unknown young woman, c. 1435

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Hans Holbein the Elder

Portrait of the artist’s brother Sigmund, 1512

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Hendrik Goltzius

Self-portrait holding a copper-plate, c. 1589

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Strata no. 407, 2005

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Leonardo da Vinci

Bust of a warrior, c. 1475

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Hans Holbein the Elder

Portrait of the artist’s brother Sigmund, 1512

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Albrecht Dürer

Dog Resting, c. 1520

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Rogier van der Weyden

Portrait of an unknown young woman, c. 1435

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

Lucas van Leyden

Two nude allegorical figures seated back-to-back on a sphere, c. 1516

"Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo da Vinci to Jasper Johns" at the British Museum

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