Andrea del Sarto

The Renaissance Workshop in Action

For Andrea Del Sarto, the sketch was the genesis of the artistic process, whether through ideas thrown down on the sheet or detailed figure studies. This monographic show – his first in the US – reveals the role of drawing in the final paintings.

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Study for the Head of Julius Caesar (c. 1520), Andrea del Sarto. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY

Study of an Old Woman’s Head (c. 1529), Andrea del Sarto. The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, presented by a Body of Subscribers, 1846

Study of a Donkey in Profile to Left, Grazing (c. 1528), Andrea del Sarto © Trustees of the British Museum

Compositional Study of the Madonna and Child with Saints (c. 1528), Andrea del Sarto. Photo credit: bpk, Berlin / Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany / Photo: Volker-H. Schneider / Art Resource, NY

Head of a Young Man, Looking Up to the Right (1512), Andrea del Sarto. Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris

Study of a Kneeling Figure with a Sketch of a Face (recto); Figure Study and Face (verso) (1522-1526), Andrea del Sarto. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles