Lines of Connection: Drawing and Printmaking

Exhibition

Head of a Young Boy (detail), ca. 1539–40, Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola). Pen and ink. Getty Museum

In Europe, drawing and printmaking had rich interconnected histories evolving from the 15th century—when drawing and printing rose to prominence—to the 19th, when photography and notions of originality significantly altered their relationship. This major loan exhibition tells the story of how artists worked creatively on paper, crossing boundaries between media and challenging traditions. Bringing the exhibition’s themes to the present, a display of LA-based artist Toba Khedoori’s works examines how drawing and printmaking intersect in her practice.

This exhibition is presented in English and Spanish. Esta exhibición se presenta en inglés y en español.

Jul 1–Sep 14, 2025

Getty Center

Museum West Pavilion, Plaza Level

Free

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The exhibition is co-organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Selected Works

  • A Right Hand

    1588, Hendrick Goltzius. Pen and ink. Teylers Museum, Haarlem

  • The Creation of Adam

    ca. 1645–50, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Monotype. The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of an anonymous donor; purchased with funds provided by Dr. William D. and Sara R. Shorey, and Mr. and Mrs. George B. Young, 1985.1113. Photo: Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago

  • Pedro Romero Killing a Bull That He Has Subdued

    ca. 1816, Francisco de Goya. Red chalk. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum purchase with funds donated by the Frederick J. Kennedy Memorial Foundation. Photo © 2025 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Judith

    1560, Maarten van Heemskerck. Pen and ink. Getty Museum

    A drawing of Judith in armor over a dress. She has a sword in one hand and the head of Holofernes in the other

  • Studies of Noses

    1608, Odoardo Fialetti. Etching. In Fialetti, Il vero modo et ordine per dissegnar tutte le parti et membra del corpo humano [. . .], Venice, 1608. Getty Research Institute

  • Death Strangling a Warrior

    1597, Jacopo Ligozzi. Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, on paper washed in brown. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1909. Photo: The Morgan Library & Museum

  • Landscape with Rocks

    ca. 1868–76, George Sand. Watercolor and opaque watercolor. The Art Institute of Chicago. Julius Lewis Endowment Fund, 2022.332. Photo: Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago

Publications

Lines of Connection

Drawing and Printmaking, 1400–1850
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