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Clouet to Seurat: French Drawings from The British Museum

MET: November 8, 2005–January 29, 2006

 

Edgar Degas (1834–1917) Dancers at the Barre, ca. 1873 Oil thinned with turpentine on prepared green paper; 472 x 625 mm

Four centuries of French draftsmanship will be on view in "Clouet to Seurat: French Drawings from The British Museum," opening November 8, 2005, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition features nearly one hundred masterpieces, ranging from rare Renaissance portraits by Jean and François Clouet to selections from The British Museum's incomparable holdings of Claude Lorrain and Antoine Watteau through stellar works of the nineteenth century, from Ingres and Delacroix to Degas, Cézanne, and Seurat. A majority of these works have never before been exhibited in the United States. "Clouet to Seurat" will remain on view at the Metropolitan through January 29, 2006. ...