07.03.2025 – 09.06.2025
In a famous treatise on painting, Cennini wrote as early as 1400 that drawing in light and dark is ‘the beginning and the gateway to painting’. On coloured primed paper, it was often possible to work with breathtaking virtuosity into the dark, but also into the light. This opened up completely new aesthetic experiences for the artists and their audience. Master drawings such as Leonardo’s head studies or Dürer’s Praying Hands paved the way for the art of drawing to be recognised as an artistic genre on a par with painting and are still among the most famous works of the Renaissance today. The exhibition offers an overview of the development of this technique, which was ultimately perfected by Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer, with selected drawings from the museum’s own holdings and high-calibre loans from international collections.
Leonardo – Dürer – Master drawings on coloured ground
07.03.2025 – 09.06.2025
Albertina
Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
www.albertina.at
