Drawn to Warmth. 17th Century Dutch Artists in Italy

In the 16th and 17th centuries Italy acted like a magnet to artists from Northern Europe. They went to draw the classical monuments and the landscape, and to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the Renaissance. Back in the Low Countries, they used the impressions they had absorbed during their stay in the south in their paintings, drawings and prints. Drawn to Warmth presents the first representative survey of drawings by these artists. An account of their travels and their adventures in Italy accompanies illustrations of many of the works they made there. There are examples by more famous masters, among them Paul Bril, Cornelis Poeleburch, Jan Asselijn and Jan Both, as well as the most important drawings by lesser-known artists like Jacob van der Does and Pieter Moninckx. Many of these drawings appear in print for the first time. The book also looks at a number of artists who did not themselves go to Italy, but who were inspired by their more widely travelled colleagues in the Netherlands.