Pre-release version of the collection catalogue
The documents available here form a pre-release version of the catalogue of 16th-century Italian drawings in the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett, which is currently in preparation. Additional chapters will be added as work progresses. Please note that the texts may be revised prior to final publication. The final edition will be published in 2026 via arthistoricum.net – ART-Books.
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16th-century Italian drawings in the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett. Collection catalogue. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Gudula Metze and Stephanie Buck with Silvia Massa (eds.). Pre-release version, made available online progressively during 2025–26 at kupferstich-kabinett.skd.museum/forschung/italienische-zeichnungen-16-jahrhundert/vorab-fassung-des-bestandskatalogs/, accessed [day month year].
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16th-century Italian drawings in the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett – COLLECTION CATALOGUE
I. GENOA (in preparation)
Introduction
Jonathan Bober.
Catalogue entries
Camilla Colzani, Valentina Frascarolo, Stefania Lumetta, Federica Mancini, Silvia Massa, Gudula Metze, Christoph Orth, Giovanni Renzi, Anita V. Sganzerla.
II. LOMBARDY WITH PIEDMONT (in preparation)
Introduction
Martin Zlatohlávek with Gudula Metze.
Catalogue entries
Elisabeth Bernick, Camilla Colzani, Llane Fragoso Maldonado, Mattia Giancarli, Dirk Jacob Jansen, Annkatrin Kaul-Trivolis, Dagmar Korbacher, Stefano L’Occaso, Esther Löffelbein, Silvia Massa, Gudula Metze, Elena Rame, Giovanni Renzi.
III. VENETO (in preparation)
Introduction
Chris Fischer.
Catalogue entries
Julien Abbadie, Maria Aresin, Isabella Augart, Camilla Colzani, Thomas Dalla Costa, Angelika Dülberg, David Ekserdjian, Chris Fischer, Stefania Girometti, Marion Heisterberg, Claudia Kryza-Gersch, Esther Löffelbein, Silvia Massa, Gudula Metze, Larissa Mohr, Alessandra Nardi, Christoph Orth.
IV. EMILIA (in preparation)
Introduction
David Ekserdjian.
Catalogue entries
Sonja Brink, Camilla Colzani, Heiko Damm, Maria Giovanna Donà, David Ekserdjian, Marzia Faietti, Mattia Giancarli, Catherine Loisel, Esther Löffelbein, Silvia Massa, Gudula Metze, Alessandra Nardi, Timo Strauch, Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Samuel Vitali.
V. NORTHERN ITALY – not further specified (in preparation)
Catalogue entries
Maria Aresin, Camilla Colzani, Chris Fischer, Annkatrin Kaul-Trivolis, Giorgio Marini, Silvia Massa, Gudula Metze, Elena Rame, Giovanni Renzi (other authors to be confirmed).
VI. TUSCANY (in preparation)
Introduction
Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò.
Catalogue entries
Giulia Aurigemma, Sonja Brink, Julian Brooks, Camilla Colzani, Nelda Damiano, Heiko Damm, Chris Fischer, Mattia Giancarli, Annkatrin Kaul-Trivolis, Grant Lewis, Esther Löffelbein, Silvia Massa, Laetitia Masson, Gudula Metze, Alessandra Nardi, Elania Pieragostini, Nadia Raimo, Ángel Rodríguez Rebollo, Nicolas Schwed, Chiara Violini (other authors to be confirmed).
VII. MARCHE, UMBRIA and ROMAGNA (in preparation)
Introduction
Luca Baroni.
Catalogue entries
Luca Baroni, Sonja Brink, Heiko Damm, Rhoda Eitel-Porter, Mattia Giancarli, Silvia Massa, Denis Morganti, Luca Pezzuto, Stefano Rinaldi.
VIII. ROME WITH SOUTHERN ITALY (in preparation)
Introduction
Francesco Grisolia.
Catalogue entries Southern Italy
Silvia Massa, Gudula Metze, Nicholas Schwed.
Catalogue entries Rome
Laura Angelucci, Marco Simone Bolzoni, Stephanie Buck, Diana Di Matteo, Rhoda Eitel-Porter, Rune Finseth, Mattia Giancarli, Ketty Gottardo, Marion Heisterberg, Paul Joannides, Annkatrin Kaul-Trivolis, Stefano L’Occaso, Sofus Landbo, Esther Löffelbein, Silvia Massa, Laetitia Masson, Lorenza Melli, Gudula Metze, Larissa Mohr, Mauro Mussolin, Alessandra Nardi, Christoph Orth, Alexander Röstel, Roberta Serra, Timo Strauch, Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Chiara Violini (other authors to be confirmed).
IX. CENTRAL ITALY – not further specified (in preparation)
Catalogue entries
Luca Baroni, Camilla Colzani, Heiko Damm, Silvia Massa, Laetitia Masson (other authors to be confirmed).
X. ITALY – not further specified (in preparation)
Catalogue entries
Diana Di Matteo, Annkatrin Kaul-Trivolis, Sofus Landbo, Silvia Massa, Gudula Metze, Elania Pieragostini, Alexander Röstel (other authors to be confirmed).
XI. MISSING DRAWINGS (in preparation)
Introduction and catalogue entries
Gudula Metze
ANNEX
WATERMARKS
Introduction
Silvia Massa.
List of watermarks
Silvia Massa, Steve Gantke (watermark tracings: Mairid Schleinschock with Heidi Lachmann and Steve Gantke).
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