Within a short time the Department of Drawings has acquired impressive holdings of European works on paper. This volume, the first in a series intended to keep scholars apprised of acquisitions, contains 149 entries on Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch, and other works ranging in date from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century. Artists represented include Rembrandt, Cezanne, Blake, Goya, Dürer, Savery, Rubens, Millet, Veronese, Caravaggio, Raphael, and numerous others. All drawings are illustrated at full-page size.

• Foreword
  John Walsh
• Preface and Acknowledgments
  George R. Goldner
• Plates
• Italian School (Nos. 1–57)
• French School (Nos. 58–85)
• Flemish School (Nos. 86–100)
• Dutch School (Nos. 101–125)
• German School (Nos. 126–136)
• Swiss School (Nos. 137–140)
• Spanish School (Nos. 141–145)
• British School (Nos. 146–149)
• Artists’ Biographies
• List of Artists

George R. Goldner is curator in the Department of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum.