For Study and Delight: Drawings and Prints from Leiden University

200 years have passed since the founding of the Leiden Print Room, incorporated today into Leiden University Libraries. In celebration of that long, rich history this wide-ranging publication presents a complete and varied exploration of the Leiden collections, starting with rare drawings from the early sixteenth century and ending with recent acquisitions. From Jan Gossart and Barend van Orley to Carel Visser and Emo Verkerk, this work encompasses the history of two centuries of collecting. In fifteen chapters experts in the graphic arts discuss sixteenth-century drawings, experimental etching techniques, portraits from five centuries and contemporary drawings and prints. Special attention is devoted to David Humbert de Superville, the first director of the Print Room and a brilliant draughtsman. Besides being the standard reference on the Leiden Print Room for years to come, the more than 300 full-page colour reproductions displaying highlights, rarities and unknown masterpieces make this book a pleasure to read as well as to regard.

Nelke Bartelings (1951) is Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts. She specializes in the history of prints and printmaking, in particular French and Italian prints of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Edward Grasman (1953) works at Leiden University. He studied art history at Utrecht University and received his PhD .om Leiden University (1992) with a dissertation on the reception of Vasari’s Vite.

"Elmer Kol.fin (1969) is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Amsterdam. He received his PhD .om Leiden University in 2002 with a dissertation on Dutch genre painting."

"Jef Schaeps (1960) is curator of prints & drawings at Leiden University Libraries. He specializes in sixteenth-century drawings, prints and illustrated books."