Andrew Lambirth

Drawing for drawing’s sake

Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance Drawings<br /> British Museum, until 25 July

issue 05 June 2010

Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance Drawings
British Museum, until 25 July

The latest exhibition in the Round Reading Room is an awe-inspiring collection of Italian Renaissance drawings, the kind of display likely to be seen only once in a lifetime. It is a large show of relatively small things, offering 100 examples of the finest drawings made between 1400 and 1510, entirely selected from two collections: the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi in Florence, and the British Museum itself.

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