Leonardo / Drer: Renaissance Masterdrawings on Colored Ground

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Drer's Praying Hands are one of the world's most popular artworks. Few artists have changed the art world more profoundly than Leonardo and Drer. They bring their subjects to life with breath-taking virtuosity, creating masterpieces of incredible intimacy.

Mythology, religious faith and history, images of everyday life and travel scenes were core themes of the 15th century and stand at the centre of the art displayed in the drawings of Leonardo and Drer. The images reveal their charm in the interplay of chiaroscuro effects on coloured paper. The works of both masters are shown alongside sheets by their contemporaries like Albrecht Altdorfer and Raphael. How could this art form assert its independence and what made it so popular and successful The lavish publication examines these fascinating questions and illustrates the wide-ranging expressive possibilities that the technique offers.

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Ralph Gleis is director of the Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin and curator of numerous exhibitions on the art of the 19th and 20th centuries. From 2025 he will be the General Director of the Albertina in Vienna.

Achim Gnann is curator for Italian art from the 15th to the 19th centuries at the Albertina in Vienna.

Christof Metzger is curator for German, Austrian and Swiss art until 1760 at the Albertina in Vienna