Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Old Masters, Newly Acquired

May 31 through October 6, 2013

Old Masters, Newly Acquired explores the recent growth of the Morgan's collection of drawings made before 1900. The past three years have been an exceptionally robust period during which important gifts, bequests, and purchases have both augmented and transformed the museum's holdings. Visitors have a unique opportunity to view many of these new additions spanning the Renaissance through the end of the nineteenth century. The exhibition showcases more than a hundred drawings, including major gifts from such notable collectors as former Morgan director Charles Ryskamp, trustees Eugene V. Thaw and Brooke Astor, and long-standing supporter Joseph McCrindle. An important group of recent purchases, including those made on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund, highlights drawings selected by curators in their effort to build the collection. Discussions by curators and conservators—accessible through complimentary audio guides— illuminate the creation, history, and acquisition of works in the show.

The Morgan is deeply grateful to those whose contributions have made this exhibition possible: Gillian Attfield, in honor of Charles Ryskamp; Karen B. Cohen, in memory of Charles Ryskamp; Diane A. Nixon, in memory of Charles Ryskamp; The Scholz Family, in honor of Charles Ryskamp; and the Estate of Alex Gordon.

The brochure was also generously underwritten by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw.

Hendrik Reekers (1815–1854)
Apples and a Walnut, 1836
Watercolor, over graphite, touches of gum glaze
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Charles Ryskamp Bequest, 2010
Photography: Schecter Lee

Selected Images

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), Study for La Ronde des Petites Bretonnes, Pont-Aven, 1888 , Pastel and charcoal, with watercolor and gouache, on cream-colored paper, Thaw Collection , 2010.136
Francisco Goya (1746–1828), Solo Porque le pregunta, si esta buena su madre se pone como un Tigre , Point of brush on gray wash; traces of a pink paper mount, on paper, Thaw Collection , 2010.11
Henry Fuseli (1741–1825), Kriemhild at the Wake of Siegfried, 1805 , Brush and gray and black wash, some watercolor, over pencil, heightened with white, on paper, Thaw Collection , 2010.111
Anthony Claesz (Dutch, 1616–ca. 1652), Seven Tulips with Three Ladybugs , ca. 1635–50, Watercolor and gouacheCharles Ryskamp Bequest, 2010 , 2010.152
Domenico Campagnola (Italian, ca. 1500–1564), Landscape with Town and Hill , Pen and brown inkThe Joseph F. McCrindle Collection , 2009.81
Joseph Ducreux (French, 1735–1802), Portrait of a Man , ca. 1802, Black, brown, red, and white chalkEstate of Mrs. Vincent Astor, 2012 , 2012.23
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804), Dancing Dogs with Musicians and Bystanders , Pen and brown ink and brown wash, over traces of black chalkEstate of Mrs. Vincent Astor, 2012 , 2012.26
C. W. Eckersberg (Dutch, 1783–1853), View over the Holmenskanal to the Stock Exchange, Christianborg, and the Slotskirken Copenhagen , 1846, Pen and black and brown ink, gray wash, over black chalkCharles Ryskamp Bequest, 2010 , 2010.35
Franz Kobell (German, 1749–1822)Landscape near Munich I , ca. 1800, Black-brown washCharles Ryskamp Bequest, 2010 , 2010.55
Charles Maurin (French, 1856–1914), Nurse Seated on a Park Bench , Black chalk and white chalk, on blue paperThe Joseph F. McCrindle Collection , 2009.213
William Turner of Oxford (British, 1789–1862), Trees in a Landscape at Dusk , ca. 1835 Watercolor and gouache, over black chalk, on blue paperPurchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978, 2012 , 2012.19