Dürer to Van Dyck

Published to accompany Dürer to Van Dyck: Drawings from Chatsworth House exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, from 9 November 2024 to 23 February 2025
Among the artists featured are Peter Paul Rubens, Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein, Anthony van Dyck and Rembrandt. While these artists are among the most celebrated and well known in European art, the drawings featured in this book are rarely seen and will offer new insights into their practice
Each image will be accompanied by explanatory text written by one of the three expert authors based on new research that will add valuable information to our knowledge of these artists

A unique opportunity to see rare and beautiful drawings by some of the biggest names in European art.

Chatsworth House in Derbyshire holds one of the finest and most significant private collections of drawings in the world, but they are rarely seen and very little has been published on them.

This book showcases 47 drawings from this exceptional collection, including superb watercolors and drawings by famous German Renaissance artists Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein alongside the baroque splendor of Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. It will reveal intimate insights into the artists' practice and their ways of recording the world.

The captivating selection of drawings will be introduced and contextualized by Charles Noble, Curator of Fine Art at Chatsworth House. Each image will be explained and examined based on rigorous new research, offering new insights into the work of some of art's biggest names.