Willi Drost: Barockmalerei in den germanischen Ländern (1926)

Illustrated book with 14 drawings.

– p. 8: copy after plate 2 ‘Bartholomäus Spranger: Venus und Adonis, Wien, Galerie Liechtenstein’.

– Sketch on p. 73: copy of the head from fig. 53 ‘Anton van Dyck: Königin Henriette, (1634)’, crossed through in blue ballpoint pen.

– p. 74: copy after fig. 54 ‘Anton van Dyck: Graf Thomas von Arundel und sein Enkel, Arundel Castle, Duke of Norfolk’.

– p. 76: copy of the head from fig. 58 ‘Viktor Boucquet: Bildnis eines Offiziers, Brüssel’.

– p. 86: copy of a figure from fig. 66 ‘Theodor van Thulden: Triumph der Galathea, Berlin’.

– p. 92: copies of two figures from fig. 71 ‘Jakob Jordaens: Allegorie der Fruchtbarkeit, Brüssel’.

– p. 135, bottom: head.

– p. 145: copies of the heads from fig. 117 (‘Standbild einer archaischen Göttin, 6. Jh. v. Chr., Oberkörper, Berlin, Altes Museum’) and 118 ‘Frans Hals: Sara Hessix, Frau des M. J. v. Middelhoven, Cronberg, A. de Ridder (1926)’.

– p. 181: female figure.

– p. 233: free copy of a detail from fig. 171 ‘Jakob van Ruisdael: Der Sumpf, Petersburg, Eremitage’.

– pp. 236 and 237: circles and lines.

– On the rear endpaper, left side: view looking across the table with the lamp top right, towards the wall of the living room in Stampa with the self-portrait of Giovanni Giacometti.

– On the rear endpaper, reight side: tree.

The book is held in the library of the Kunsthaus Zürich with the reference code P 231:23

To arrange a viewing, contact bibliothek@kunsthaus.ch; prior appointment required

Material

Pencil and ballpoint pen on paper

Dimensions

Creditline

Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, Donated by Bruno and Odette Giacometti, 1998

Object number

GS 204

Provenance