The Getty Museum recently made one of the most significant acquisitions in its history, consisting of sixteen drawings and a painting from a private collection. The group features works by many of the most celebrated draftsmen in the history of European art, including Michelangelo, Andrea del Sarto, Domenico Tiepolo, Goya, and Degas. The exhibition of these newly acquired works comes as the Museum celebrates twenty years since the opening of the Getty Center.
Study of a Mourning Woman, about 1500—05, Michelangelo Buonarroti; pen and brown ink, heightened with white lead opaque watercolor. The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Head of a Young Man, about 1539—40, Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola); pen and brown ink. The J. Paul Getty Museum
Head of Saint Joseph, about 1586, Federico Barocci; oil on paper laid down on canvas. The J. Paul Getty Museum
Panoramic View of Dordrecht and the River Maas, 1645—52, Aelbert Cuyp; brush and dark ink with gray wash and ochre watercolor heightened with gum arabic over black chalk on laid paper. The J. Paul Getty Museum
La Surprise (The Surprise), 1718—19, Jean-Antoine Watteau; oil on panel. The J. Paul Getty Museum
Two Studies of Dancers, about 1873, Edgar Degas; black chalk heightened with white chalk on green paper. The J. Paul Getty Museum