"The Courtauld Gallery holds one of the most important collections of drawings and watercolours in Britain. This publication presents a magnificent selection of some sixty of its finest works, ranging from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. It offers a rare opportunity to consider the art of drawing in the hands of its greatest masters, including Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Turner, Seurat, Cézanne and Matisse. Featuring contributions by numerous leading scholars, this catalogue presents fresh perspectives on important individual works and illustrates the rich diversity of approaches to the study of drawings."--book jacket.

This beautiful and scholarly catalogue accompanies the exhibition Mantegna to Matisse: Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, organized by Colin B. Bailey, the Frick's Associate Director; Peter Jay Sharp, Chief Curator; and Stephanie Buck, Martin Halusa Curator of Drawings at The Courtauld Gallery. The drawings represent a survey of the extraordinary of Italian, Dutch, Flemish, German, Spanish, British and French artists active between the late Middle Ages and the early twentieth century.