Catalogue of the Devonshire Collection of Northern European Master Drawings (Hardcover, annotated edition)

-- The best contribution to date on understanding the subject
-- An essential reference work
-- Great attention given to the exact reproduction of works
-- Limited print run

This five-volume boxed set is a major addition to the field. The celebrated collection of European Old Master Drawings belonging to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth in Derbyshire is the most important private collection in the world, second only to that of the Queen herself. Each drawing has been described and annotated in exhaustive detail by the late Michael Jaffe, a celebrated specialist in this field and the former director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK. The drawings are meticulously reproduced in color and include masterpieces by Van Dyck, Rubens and Rembrandt.