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Thursday, May 12, 2005
Florentine drawing under the last Medicis 1620-1720
Louvre: 12 May 2005- 15 August 2005
Furini Francesco 1603 - 1646 Naked woman standing, left arm lifted Paris, musée du Louvre INV 12104 recto © RMN
In 1806, Dominique-Vivant Denon, the Louvre's first director, constituted one of the most exhaustive collections of Florentine drawings. Sixty of these masterpieces are presented to coincide with the publication of Volume II of Inventaire des dessins toscans du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle.