Appel à communication : « Accident or Strategy. The Collecting of Drawings in 16th and 17th Century Italy », Rome, Bibliotheca Hertziana, date limite le 9 janvier 2023
With the overriding question of whether collectors purchased strategically or amassed drawings by accident, the Gernsheim Study Days at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in May 2023 hope to examine the full breadth of this early moment in the history of collecting works on paper. Who collected drawings on for what purpose? How were collections organized and how were drawings arranged or displayed? What kind of public had access to the collections? What kind of sources are...