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Exhibition from August 5, 2013 through September 30, 2013. From the 14th century onward, as paper became more available, we find drawings to be indispensable to artists in preparation for their paintings or for the drawings themselves. Etchings and engravings were appreciated in their own right but also allowed artists to replicate works of other artists.

The Drexel Collection, Drexel University is fortunate to have approximately one hundred 16th, 17th and 18th century Italian prints and drawings. Eighteen of these works on paper were displayed in Italian Prints and Drawings from The Drexel Collection illustrating religious subjects, scenes from mythology and architectural renderings from the Italian High Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque periods. The drawings exhibited have been attributed to Parmigianino, Tommaso Laureti Siciliamo, Niccolo Circignani, Marco Cardisco, Antonio Catalani and Francesco LaMarra. There are prints by Pietro Testa and Annibale Carracci.