Claude Lorrain, Pastoral Landscape, 1639, Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, with white heightening. Yale University Art Gallery, James W. Fosburgh and Mary C. Fosburgh Collection Fund.

CHICAGO, IL.-Whether made as preparatory studies or stand-alone works, drawings offer an intimate glimpse of an artist’s personality and talents. They reward close examination for their insight into the various stages of the creative process. This exhibition, organized by the Yale University Art Gallery and traveling to the Smart Museum of Art, provides a compelling survey of European draftsmanship, with masterworks by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Edgar Degas, Guercino, Jacob Jordaens, and Jean-Antoine Watteau, among many others. The selections come from the Yale University Art Gallery’s substantial collection of European drawings and include examples of nearly every artistic movement and drawing technique used by European artists from the Renaissance to the mid-nineteenth century.
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