Date/Time
Date(s) - 7 Oct 2015
6:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
The Frick Collection
Category(ies) No Categories
FREE LECTURE & EXHIBITION VIEWING
Wednesday, October 7, 6:00 p.m.
“Andrea del Sarto: The Tailor’s Son and the Making of Masterpieces”
Julian Brooks, Curator, Department of Drawings, The J. Paul Getty Museum
This lecture, which marks the opening day of the special exhibition Andrea del Sarto: The Renaissance Workshop in Action, will reveal the astonishing creativity of Andrea del Sarto and examine the artist’s use of innovative, schematic red chalk compositional drawings and keenly observed studies from life. Following the lecture, the special exhibition will be open for an after-hours viewing.
For a complete schedule, including upcoming lectures by Kristel Smentek, Julia Siemon, Nicholas Penny, and Linda Wolk-Simon, please visit www.frick.org/lectures. Lectures are free and no reservations are necessary, but seating is on a first-come, first-served basis; doors to the Music Room open at 5:45 p.m.