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18th Century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This volume describes and reproduces 283 works from the vast collection of italian drawings in the Metropolitan Museum.
- GenresArt
280 pages, Hardcover
First published September 28, 1990
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Jacob Bean
15 booksJacob Bean was the curator of drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 31 years.
Bean graduated from Harvard University in 1945. Before joining the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he had worked at the drawings department of the Louvre from 1957 to 1960. He was adjunct professor at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University from 1967 to 1980. From 1963 until his death, he was the associate editor of Master Drawings, a scholarly publication about Old Master drawings.
He died of cancer of the oesophagus in 1992, aged 68.
Bean graduated from Harvard University in 1945. Before joining the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he had worked at the drawings department of the Louvre from 1957 to 1960. He was adjunct professor at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University from 1967 to 1980. From 1963 until his death, he was the associate editor of Master Drawings, a scholarly publication about Old Master drawings.
He died of cancer of the oesophagus in 1992, aged 68.
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