Overview: The 57 paintings on view included works by Jan van Eyck, Vittore Carpaccio, El Greco, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt van Rijn, and other European old masters.

Organization: The works were selected by John Walker, director emeritus of the National Gallery, and Allen Rosenbaum of Princeton for the International Exhibitions Foundation, which organized the exhibition for a 2-year, 9-city tour. Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition and Gordon Anson designed the lighting for the National Gallery.

Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a grant from United Technologies Corporation, and by grants from the government of the Canton of Ticino and the Tourist Office of Ticino. A special grant in support of the catalogue was made by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Other Venues:

• Detroit Institute of Arts, 03/08/1980–05/11/1980
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 05/29/1980–08/03/1980
• Cleveland Museum of Art, 09/02/1980–10/26/1980
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 11/15/1980–01/18/1981
• Denver Art Museum, 02/07/1981–04/05/1981
• Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 04/25/1981–06/28/1981
• William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 07/18/1981–09/20/1981
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10/09/1981–12/06/1981