Michiel D. van Limborch (c. 1615–1675), Portrait of a Girl, c. 1650/60, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne

Collector Portraits: Giorgio Vasari
Daniel Lowe, contributing editor

Michelangelo and Men
(15 October 2025 – 25 January 2026)
Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Jasmine Clark, PhD

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Julian Brooks, Senior Curator of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, has kindly chosen our drawing of the month.

Exciting things are afoot for drawing lovers at The Society of Antiquaries of London. True to its mission of fostering access to its storied collection, the learned society is currently running a series of innovative events, fundraising campaigns, and projects, all which deeply engage with its holdings of works on paper. Trois Crayons sat down with Chiara Betti, Curatorial Research Assistant at the Society, to know more about these exciting developments.

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Image Credit: The Temptation of Saint Anthony, c.1556, pen in brown ink on laid paper by Pieter Bruegel the elder (c.1525–1569), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Dr. Giovanni Sassu, Director of the Civica Pinacoteca "il Guercino", Cento, has kindly chosen our October drawing of the month.

The recordings of the Tracing Time events programme are now online and can be viewed in full on Youtube. Thank you to all the speakers, partners and attendees who came to the No.9 Cork Street auditorium and supported our many partnership events.

Reform to Restoration: French Art from Louis XVI to Louis XVIII from the Horvitz Collection (June 1 – September 14, 2025) at Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. Overview by Sarah Farkas, Associate Curator of Art at the Crocker Art Museum

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