List of museums with major collections of European prints and drawings

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This is a list of museums or print rooms with major collections of European old master prints and drawings. This list is incomplete, and should not be regarded as a correct ranking of the major collections.

  1. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
    200 000 drawings, 10 millions prints [1]
  2. British Museum, London, England
    50,000 drawings, 2 million prints[2]
  3. The Metropolitan Museum of Art *, New York, US
    15,000 drawings, 1.5 million prints[3]
  4. Albertina, Vienna, Austria
    50,000 drawings, 1 million prints[4] Excludes 25,000 architectural drawings
  5. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany
    110,000 drawings, 500,000 prints[5]
  6. Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
    Over 20,000 drawings and 700,000 prints[6]
  7. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
    39,000 drawings, 486,000 prints[7]
  8. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
    2,000 drawings, 500,000 prints[8] Excludes 600,000 architectural drawings, 100,000 design drawings and 10,000 British drawings [4] (V&A Collecting Plan Including Acquisition & Disposal Policy, August 2004)
  9. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Over 500,000 prints and drawings[9]
  10. National Gallery in Prague, Collection of Prints and Drawings, Prague, Czech Republic
    60,000 drawings, 400,000 prints[10]
  11. Bibliothèque Municipale, Lyon, France
    203,500 prints[11]
  12. Cabinet des estampes et des dessins, Strasbourg, France
    Over 200,000 prints and drawings[12]
  13. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England
    20,000 drawings, 180,000 prints[13]
  14. Royal Collection, London, England
    40,000 drawings, 150,000 prints[14] Including 600 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci
  15. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
    140,500 drawings, 43,000 prints[15] The main print collection is at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  16. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, US
    150,000 drawings and prints[16]
  17. Uffizi, Florence, Italy
    120,000 drawings and prints[17]
  18. École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
    20,000 drawings, 100,000 prints.[18][19] Excludes 45,000 architectural drawings
  19. National Gallery of Art, Washington, US
    105,000 drawings and prints[20]
  20. Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris, France
    100,000 prints[21]
  21. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
    11,500 drawings, 60,000 prints[22]
  22. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France
    10,500 drawings, 60,0000 prints[23]
  23. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans, France
    10,000 drawings, 50,000 prints[24]
  24. Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
    6,000 drawings, 50,000 prints[25]
  25. Brooklyn Museum, New York, US
    2,000 drawings, 40,000 prints[26]
  26. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
    9,000 drawings, 6,000 prints.[27] The main drawing and print collection is at the Biblioteca Nacional de España.
  27. Zelandia Illustrata, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    18,000 maps, prints, drawings, photographs, glass negatives, slides and postcards
  28. Museo ABC de Dibujo e Ilustración, Madrid, Spain
    200,000 drawings and illustrations by 1,500 artists from 1891 up to the present
  29. Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    17,000 drawings, 60,000 to 70,000 prints[28]
  30. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
    130,000 prints and drawings[29]
  31. Teylers Museum Haarlem, The Netherlands[30]
  32. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    100,000 prints and drawings[31]
  33. Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
    100,000 prints, 10,000 drawings [32]
  34. National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
    50,000 drawings,[33] 70,000 prints[34]
  35. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain
    15,300 drawings,[35] 35,000 prints[36]
  36. Hispanic Society of America, New York, US
    6,000 drawings,[37] 15,000 prints[38]
  37. Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
    75,000 drawings and prints[39]
  38. Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Munich, Germany
    400,000 drawings and prints[40]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Guide de recherche au département des Estampes". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  2. ^ "Prints and Drawings". British Museum. 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  3. ^ [1] Archived August 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Die Albertina - Grafische Sammlung". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
  5. ^ Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Generaldirektion. "Home - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin". Smb.spk-berlin.de. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  6. ^ Royal Library of Belgium, Print Room. "Prints and Drawings - KBR". kbr.be. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  7. ^ "The Hermitage Collections". Hermitagemuseum.org. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  8. ^ "Word & Image Department - Victoria and Albert Museum". Vam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  9. ^ "Prints - Works of Art - Rijkstudio - Rijksmuseum". rijksmuseum.nl. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  10. ^ "Úvod - Národní galerie v Praze". Ngprague.cz. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  11. ^ "2021 Annual Report" (PDF). Municipal Library of Lyon. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Bilan des régions (hors musées nationaux)" (PDF). .culture.gouv.fr. French Ministry of Culture. p. 5. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  13. ^ "The Fitzwilliam Museum : Overview". Fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  14. ^ "Royal Collection Trust". Royalcollection.org.uk. 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  15. ^ 2005 Annual Report – Tableau récapitulatif de l’état d'avancement de l'informatisation des collections fin 2005, page 185.
  16. ^ "Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections : Curatorial Departments : Prints, Drawings & Photographs". Philamuseum.org. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  17. ^ [2] Archived March 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "Prints at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris". beauxartsparis.fr. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  19. ^ "Drawings at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris". beauxartsparis.fr. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  20. ^ "Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Art". nga.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  21. ^ "BNF - Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal". Archived from the original on May 20, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
  22. ^ "The Art Institute of Chicago: The Collection: Prints and Drawings". Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2007.
  23. ^ [3] Archived December 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ "Musées de la région Centre : Présentation". www.musees.regioncentre.fr. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  25. ^ "MoMA : Study Centers". Moma.org. 2015-12-27.
  26. ^ "Brooklyn Museum: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs". Archived from the original on October 4, 2006. Retrieved March 29, 2007.
  27. ^ "Dibujos, estampas y fotografía - Colección - Museo Nacional del Prado". www.museodelprado.es. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  28. ^ https://www.boijmans.nl/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  29. ^ "Prints and Drawings | Hamburger Kunsthalle".
  30. ^ "Teylers Museum – Kunst en wetenschap in Haarlem".
  31. ^ "About the Städel Museum".
  32. ^ "Exhibitions".
  33. ^ "Drawings | Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya". www.museunacional.cat. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  34. ^ "Prints | Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya". www.museunacional.cat. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  35. ^ "Catálogo digital de dibujos RABASF". www.academiacolecciones.com. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  36. ^ Fernando, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San. "Estampas Calcografía Nacional". Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  37. ^ "Drawings". Hispanic Society of America. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  38. ^ "Prints & Photographs". Hispanic Society of America. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  39. ^ "The Print Cabinet | Museum Plantin-Moretus". www.museumplantinmoretus.be. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  40. ^ "Die Sammlung / The collection - Staatliche graphische Sammlung - München".
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