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The Armand Hammer Collection: Master Drawings

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    Leonardo da Vinci, Sheet of Studies [recto], probably 1470/1480, pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.2.a
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    Raphael, The Prophets Hosea and Jonah, c. 1510, pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white and squared for transfer on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.4
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    Andrea del Sarto, Head of a Woman, c. 1515, black chalk on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.5
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    Correggio, Study for the "Madonna della Scodella" [recto], 1523/1524, pen and brown ink, brown wash, and red chalk on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.6.a
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    Albrecht Dürer, Tuft of Cowslips, 1526, gouache on vellum, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.1
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    Andrea Sacchi, A Sacrifice to Pan, early 1630s, pen and brown ink and wash over red chalk on laid paper; laid down, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1987.24.3
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    Rembrandt van Rijn, A Landscape with Farm Buildings among Trees, c. 1650/1655, pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.75
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    Antoine Watteau, A Man Reclining and a Woman Seated on the Ground, c. 1716, red, black, and white chalk on brown laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.12
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    Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Saint Jerome in the Desert Listening to the Angels, 1728/1735, pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white, on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.9
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    Jean-Honoré Fragonard, A Prayer for Grandpapa, late 1770s, brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.17
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    Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Mrs. Charles Badham, 1816, graphite on wove paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.20
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    Vincent van Gogh, Man Polishing a Boot, 1882, black chalk, graphite, and gray wash, heightened with white on wove paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.68
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    Mary Cassatt, Smiling Margot Wearing a Ruffled Bonnet, c. 1902, graphite over red chalk on wove paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.74
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    Andrew Wyeth, Brandywine Valley, 1940, watercolor on wove paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.72

Overview: The Armand Hammer collection of old master and modern drawings consists of more than 50 works by some of the great draftsmen of all time, from Leonardo and Raphael to Van Gogh and Picasso. With works spanning more than five centuries—from about 1470 to 1940—the collection features a remarkable range of studies and finished compositions drawn in a variety of styles and techniques.

Since their arrival at the National Gallery of Art in 1986, the drawings have been shown in a nearly continuous series of small exhibitions on a variety of themes. To avoid overexposure to light, which can damage the paper and the media, the selection of drawings is changed every six months.

Image: Antoine Watteau, A Man Reclining and a Woman Seated on the Ground, c. 1716, red, black, and white chalk on brown laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.12