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 +[[Image:Durer grid (clean).jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Artist and Model in the Studio]]'' (detail) by [[Albrecht Dürer]], first published in ''[[The Painter's Manual]]'' in [[1525]].]]
 +[[Image:The Dragon Slaying the Companions of Cadmus (1588) - Hendrick Goltzius.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[The Dragon Slaying the Companions of Cadmus]]'' [[1588]] by [[Goltzius]]]]
 +[[Image:From the Waking Dream book.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Adspectus Incauti Dispendium]]'' (1601), woodblock title page from the ''[[Veridicus Christianus]]''.]]
 +[[Image:Le Ministère de la Marine by Charles Meryon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Le Ministère de la Marine]]'' ([[1865]]-[[1866]]) is a print by [[French etcher]] [[Charles Méryon]] depicting the [[marine]] ministry "attacked" by a charging flock of [[fantastic creature]]s.]]
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-A '''print room''' is either a room or industrial building where [[printing]] takes place, or a room in an [[art gallery]], [[museum]] or [[archive]], where a collection of [[old master print|old master]] and modern prints, usually together with [[drawing]]s and [[watercolour]]s, are held and viewed. The latter meaning is the subject of this article. A further meaning is a room decorated by pasting prints onto the wall in a quasi-[[collage]] style to form a sort of [[wallpaper]], an 18th century fashion, of which several examples survive. What is by general consent the world's greatest collection overall is that of the [[Albertina (Vienna)]], currently completely closed for rebuilding. This is one of the relatively few print rooms to exist as a separate institution rather than as part of a larger museum or library; the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett at [[Kulturforum]] is another example. +A '''print room''' is a room in an [[art gallery]], [[museum]] or [[archive]], where a collection of [[old master print|old master]] and modern prints, usually together with [[drawing]]s and [[watercolour]]s, are held and viewed. What is by general consent the world's greatest collection overall is that of the [[Albertina (Vienna)]], currently completely closed for rebuilding. This is one of the relatively few print rooms to exist as a separate institution rather than as part of a larger museum or library; the [[Berlin Kupferstichkabinett]] at [[Kulturforum]] is another example.
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What is by general consent the world's greatest collection overall is that of the [[Albertina (Vienna)]], currently completely closed for rebuilding. This is one of the relatively few print rooms to exist as a separate institution rather than as part of a larger museum or library; the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett at [[Kulturforum]] is another example. The [[list of museums with major collections of European prints and drawings]] has some very incomplete figures on the holdings of major collections. What is by general consent the world's greatest collection overall is that of the [[Albertina (Vienna)]], currently completely closed for rebuilding. This is one of the relatively few print rooms to exist as a separate institution rather than as part of a larger museum or library; the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett at [[Kulturforum]] is another example. The [[list of museums with major collections of European prints and drawings]] has some very incomplete figures on the holdings of major collections.
 +==Collections==
 +===Deutschland===
 +*[[Staatliche Museen zu Berlin]], Kupferstichkabinett
 +* [[Kunstmuseum Bonn]]
 +*[[Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum]], Kupferstichkabinett, Braunschweig
 +*[[Kunsthalle Bremen]], Kupferstichkabinett
 +*[[Veste Coburg|Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg]], Kupferstichkabinett
 +*[[Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt]]
 +*[[Kupferstichkabinett Dresden|Kupferstich-Kabinett Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden]]
 +*[[museum kunst palast]], Düsseldorf
 +*[[Städel|Städelsches Kunstinstitut]], Frankfurt am Main
 +*[[Hamburger Kunsthalle]], Kupferstichkabinett
 +*[[Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe]], Hamburg
 +*[[Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe]], Kupferstichkabinett
 +*[[Schloss Wilhelmshöhe|Staatliche Museen Kassel]]
 +*[[Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud|Wallraf-Richartz-Museum]], Köln
 +*[[Museum der bildenden Künste]] Leipzig
 +*[[Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München]]
 +*[[Germanisches Nationalmuseum]], Nürnberg
 +*[[Staatliches Museum Schwerin]], Kupferstichkabinett
 +*[[Staatsgalerie Stuttgart]]
 +* Schlossmuseum, Weimar
 +
 +===Niederlande===
 +*[[Rijksmuseum]], Amsterdam
 +*[[Museum Boijmans van Beuningen]], Rotterdam
 +*Teylers Museum, Haarlem
 +*Prentenkabinet, [[Universität Leiden]]
 +
 +===Österreich===
 +*Alte Galerie, Kupferstichkabinett, Graz
 +*[[Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien|Akademie der bildenden Künste, Kupferstichkabinett, Wien]]
 +*[[Albertina (Wien)|Albertina]], Wien
 +
 +===Schweiz===
 +*[[Kunstmuseum Basel]], Kupferstichkabinett
 +*Graphische Sammlung der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule, Zürich
 +
 +=== Verenigde Staten===
 +** [[Chicago]] - [[Art Institute of Chicago]]
 +** [[Washington D.C.]] - [[National Gallery of Art]], Department of Prints and Drawings
 +
 +=== Nederland:===
 +* [[Amsterdam]] - [[Rijksprentenkabinet]] van het [[Rijksmuseum Amsterdam]]
 +* [[Rotterdam]] - [[Prentenkabinet van Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]]
 +* [[Leiden]] - [[Universiteitsbibliotheek_Leiden#Prentenkabinet|Prentenkabinet]] van de [[Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden]]
 +
 +===In België:===
 +* [[Antwerpen (stad)|Antwerpen]] - [[Museum Plantin-Moretus]] en het [[Stedelijk Prentenkabinet]]
 +* [[Brussel (stad)|Brussel]] - [[Koninklijke Bibliotheek (België)]]
 +=== France===
 +* [[Département des Estampes et de la Photographie de la Bibliothèque nationale de France]]
 +
 +==Literatuur==
 +* ''Het Leidse Prentenkabinet. De geschiedenis van de verzamelingen'', Baarn, De Prom (1994) ISBN 9068013998.
 +* ''Meesterwerken uit het Stedelijk Prentenkabinet van Antwerpen. Tekeningen uit de XVIde en XVIIde eeuw'', Antwerpen (1988).
 +* ''Honderd tekeningen van oude meesters uit het Prentenkabinet van Dresden'', Brussel (1967).
 +
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Adspectus Incauti Dispendium (1601), woodblock title page from the Veridicus Christianus.
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Le Ministère de la Marine (1865-1866) is a print by French etcher Charles Méryon depicting the marine ministry "attacked" by a charging flock of fantastic creatures.

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A print room is a room in an art gallery, museum or archive, where a collection of old master and modern prints, usually together with drawings and watercolours, are held and viewed. What is by general consent the world's greatest collection overall is that of the Albertina (Vienna), currently completely closed for rebuilding. This is one of the relatively few print rooms to exist as a separate institution rather than as part of a larger museum or library; the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett at Kulturforum is another example.

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How to visit

Most national collections can be seen by the public more easily than is often realised. Usually, visitors of all sorts, whether researchers or not, are entitled to view works on paper not on display in the galleries, which will form the great majority of an institution's collection, thereby making print rooms an essential resource for enabling our understanding and appreciation of works on paper - in particular, how artists conceive of finished paintings through preparatory studies, and how printmaking traditions and techniques have evolved over the centuries. On a national level, print rooms tend to differ, each having their own specialism, however collections often overlap in content.

There are links to lists of print rooms at the end of the article; most lead to the gallery's or museum's web-pages, which explain visiting arrangements. In many cases appointments need to be made in advance, and proof of identity should usually be provided. While it is helpful to outline what you would like to see (including artists' names and catalogue numbers, which may be available online or in books), visitors are also usually welcome to discuss their needs more casually by phoning or emailing in advance of their appointment. It is important to remember that not all material will be available to view, depending on current loans and exhibitions commitments and the condition of works. Some especially fragile or valuable items may not normally be available for viewing.

Often not in the expected museum

Because of the need to keep them stored, prints and drawings are sometimes associated with library collections rather than collections of paintings. For example in Paris the main print (but not drawings) collection is in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, not the Louvre. In New York and Washington, both the main art museums (Metropolitan Museum of Art and National Gallery of Art Washington) and the libraries (New York Public Library and Library of Congress)all have important, though very different, collections. Sometimes, material from non-Western traditions - in particular, Asian material, including Japanese prints - may or may not be held in the same department, or the same institution.

In London, the National Gallery holds no works on paper; only paintings and sculptures of the European tradition. The main collection of Western prints and drawings is held in the British Museum and includes fine examples by the Old Masters. Originally known as the national gallery of British art, Tate Britain holds British prints and drawings, which include the world's largest collection of watercolours, sketches and engravings by JMW Turner, historic works on paper from the late 18th and 19th centuries, and modern and contemporary British and International prints. The Victoria and Albert Museum's works on paper collection has a particularly broad remit, encompassing works of fine and applied art (including posters) as well as ephemera.

What is by general consent the world's greatest collection overall is that of the Albertina (Vienna), currently completely closed for rebuilding. This is one of the relatively few print rooms to exist as a separate institution rather than as part of a larger museum or library; the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett at Kulturforum is another example. The list of museums with major collections of European prints and drawings has some very incomplete figures on the holdings of major collections.

Collections

Deutschland

Niederlande

Österreich

Schweiz

  • Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett
  • Graphische Sammlung der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule, Zürich

Verenigde Staten

Nederland:

In België:

France

Literatuur

  • Het Leidse Prentenkabinet. De geschiedenis van de verzamelingen, Baarn, De Prom (1994) ISBN 9068013998.
  • Meesterwerken uit het Stedelijk Prentenkabinet van Antwerpen. Tekeningen uit de XVIde en XVIIde eeuw, Antwerpen (1988).
  • Honderd tekeningen van oude meesters uit het Prentenkabinet van Dresden, Brussel (1967).




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