From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci: A Century of Italian Drawings March 31, 2009

See 70 original drawings by Michelangelo and other 16th-century masters from the collections of Spain's prestigious Prado Museum. Focusing on the period from roughly 1520 to 1620, this exhibition highlights the exceptional technical proficiency achieved by artists of the time while demonstrating the importance of drawing in the creation of multiple types of art, including ceramics, frescos, prints, tapestries, and stained glass. Scholar Nicholas Turner's extensive research in identifying and documenting these drawings has led to the first exhibition of most of these works outside the Prado since the institution acquired them more than 75 years ago. Turner's work also revealed two of the drawings as Michelangelo figure studies for the Sistine Chapel's Last Judgment.