Kupferstich-Kabinett: In a new light. 16th-century Italian drawings reconsidered

In a new light. 16th-century Italian drawings reconsidered

Unseen traces, surprising discoveries and fresh perspectives on old drawings: in collaboration with international colleagues, the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett has delved deep into its collection of more than 700 sixteenth-century Italian drawings. Stories behind the sheets were revealed, hidden features uncovered, fragments reunited, and names put to previously anonymous works. As this extensive cataloguing project approaches completion, the exhibition brings together 25 drawings that, thanks to the research undertaken, now appear in a new light.

Exhibition of the Kupferstich-Kabinett in the Studiolo
(Dresden Castle, Renaissance Wing, 1st floor)

Exhibition Site Residenzschloss

Dates 12/09/2026—03/01/2027

Opening Hours daily 10—17, Tuesday closed Buß- und Bettag, 18/11/2026 10—17 long opening, Friday to Sunday 27/11/2026—27/12/2026, 10—18 Christmas Eve, 24/12/2026 10—14 Christmas Day, 25/12/2026 10—18 Boxing Day, 26/12/2026 10—18 New Year's Eve, 31/12/2026 10—16 New Year, 01/01/2027 12—17

Admission Fees regular 18 €, reduced 13,50 €, pupils (under 20 years) 2 €, children up to school age free, groups (10 persons and more) 16 € (Hausticket Residenzschloss)

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Digital platform Voices

Digital presentation for the exhibition

Exhibition leaflet

Information about the works on display

Program

Zeichnung bestehend aus verschiedenen Versatzstücken — **Dirck Hendricksz, gen. Teodoro d’Errico, Die Heiligen Katharina von Alexandria und Katharina von Siena mit Ferdinand I. von Neapel**

Zeichnung eines Engels, Kopf kaum erkennbar — **Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, gen. Nosadella, Engel der Verkündigung, 1560er Jahre**

Zeichnung eines Gefäßes, am oberen Rand zwei Personen — **Jacopo Palma il Giovane, Entwürfe zu einem Gefäß, 1580er/90er Jahre**

Menschen übereinander an Kreuzen skizziert, auf braunem Papier — **Giovanni Balducci, Die Kreuzigung der 23 franziskanischen Märtyrer in Nagasaki, um 1620 (?)**

Skizze einer Person, die ein Kreuz trägt — **Parmigianino, Der heilige Andreas mit dem Kreuz, um 1524/30**

Research project

16th-century Italian drawings in the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett

Publication

Pre-release version of the collection catalogue (PDF)

Exhibition supported by: International Music and Art Foundation (IMAF) | Research and cataloguing project supported by: Getty Foundation, Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, Wolfgang Ratjen Stiftung

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