The Prado vindicates the importance of drawing in the creative process of engraving

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2023-10-17 08:46:27

Historiography relegated it to the background due to its utilitarian nature. Manuel Salvador Carmona and Goya star in this cabinet exhibition

On the left, ‘Portrait of François Boucher’. Contour drawing for engraving, Manuel Salvador Carmona. Black and red pencil 1759-61. On the right, ‘Portrait of François Boucher’. Manuel Salvador Carmona print. Etching and burin. 1761 PRado Museum

17/10/2023

Updated at 08:46h.

«Without a good drawing, it is impossible to obtain a good print». This is a maxim that is repeated, like a mantra, by José Manuel Matilla, head of Conservation of Drawings and Prints at the Prado and curator, together with Ana Hernández Pugh, responsible for the catalog raisonné of…

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