An Introduction to Old Master Drawings | Christie's

Old Master drawings specialist Furio Rinaldi looks at works by Italian artists across three centuries, explaining how - ‘like a fingerprint’ - they can offer insights into the creative process.
‘To really understand and appreciate drawings you need to have physical contact,’ explains Furio Rinaldi, Associate Specialist in Old Master drawings at Christie’s in New York. ‘You need to hold it in your hands. [A drawing] has a front, it has a back, the paper has a texture.’ Then there’s ‘the ink, the flowing lines, the chalk; it’s unvarnished, unedited,’ the specialist enthuses.
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[@almahdi990]

He is really lucky man. Wish I had that job! Joy of watching these works every day surely a privilege. Love from Bangladesh.

[@KpxUrz5745]

This is a marvelous video. So nice to see behind the scenes. I love the Tiepolo!

[@NullAndVoidTV]

Omg I'm in looooveee with these pieces

[@krishnaraokotagiri3572]

Really awesome painting

[@petrfrizen6078]

So alive, vivid and full of vitality art. Never old masterpieces by the Old Masters…

[@SanMarvinNinguemSantana]

Thanks for the my First lesson in Christie's Channel... It is my First Year, and thanks to you all. Hi.

[@bswins9648]

I enjoyed this video very much. It was informative, and it was perfect mixture of content and time for me. I hope you will post similar "An Introduction to..." videos in the future.

[@HeySergioMata]

Furio is as beautiful as the art.

[@angelarafael9875]

This is bringing tears to my eyes...very beautiful... :)

[@juliancoulden1753]

Utterly sublime

[@aydeederix8566]

I honestly hope I'll be able to get a job like this in the future. Like holy shit imagine being able to see all of the original works and be able to sort of touch them.

[@nidhishshivashankar4885]

My heart 😮😮😮 💘💘💘

[@samussi]

Superb.

[@creativeartbyluvensky]

Awesome

[@seanfarrell8025]

Beautiful video

[@AngryBrother360]

"Funny how the drawings called cartoons were discarded, then became collectors pieces in the centuries past. Ironically ..so would another medium, which would go through the same cycle of under appreciation, and later aquire collectors status, both being named cartoons!.........Interesting!.

[@PedroMartins_arquiteto]

Por favor, coloque legenda lá em português!!

[@adonistopofmen2571]

great ........

[@reecegrooms8026]

Can someone tell him your not supposed to touch the art 😶😁

[@magikarp2285]

You shouldn't be touching these drawings with your hands, the acidity will oxidise the paper.

[@shreyasshankar4109]

Um. No. With the gloves, we may end up crinkling the paper because the hand isn't in direct contact.

[@daviskaya100]

I bet they have a few by Eric Hebborn

[@HeySergioMata]

WOW he is just as handsome as the drawings.

[@peterney2402]

Sergio C. Mata No he is not, you fool.

[@user-nz4yd3iu4t]

아주 멋찐 예술 작퓸 입니다~^

[@espantaespantos2407]

Gloves maybe?

[@shreyasshankar4109]

Actually no. With the gloves, we may mishandle the paper because the fingers aren't touching the paper directly. Gloves are clumsy. They make sure in other ways to keep paper clean.

[@CommentReader]

@@shreyasshankar4109 dude, that makes absolutely no sense.

[@Addictedtocollecting01]

YES, and a mask when he talks around them. Has anyone seen high definition, close up footage of some speaking?...it's disgusting...we all let out a little bit of spite, even with the shortest sentence.

[@samiasamir3182]

Hello my friends how can I join the auctions of your company

[@Brewens]

'like a fingerprint' ...

[@compilationIncTT]

It has a fart and a back

[@nathanpowers310]

I cringe a little each time he touches a page!

[@patrickmcdaniel8123]

On first impression I thought he is way too young to know what he is talking about and probably doesn't draw himself. Noticing he wasn't wearing gloves proved me right. This man is to be ignored.

[@IamMathenge]

amazing, kindly use gloves next time and where a procedure mask, to prevent carbonation on the art, those are masterpieces, to last a thousand yrs,amazing work though, post notifications on now onwards

[@IamMathenge]

@@mementomori1022 assfknhall

[@CommentReader]

…that’s not a cartoon dude…

[@numairsobhan5137]

Full-sized preparatory drawings are also called cartoons in art.

[@CommentReader]

@@numairsobhan5137 no they're not, those are called preliminary sketches or an "undersketch", they're not called cartoons.

[@numairsobhan5137]

A cartoon (from Italian: cartone and Dutch: karton-words describing strong, heavy paper or pasteboard) is a full-size drawing made on sturdy paper as a design or modello for a painting, stained glass, or tapestry. Cartoons were typically used in the production of frescoes, to accurately link the component parts of the composition when painted on damp plaster over a series of days (giornate).[3] In media such as stained tapestry or stained glass, the cartoon was handed over by the artist to the skilled craftsmen who produced the final work. Such cartoons often have pinpricks along the outlines of the design so that a bag of soot patted or "pounced" over a cartoon, held against the wall, would leave black dots on the plaster ("pouncing"). Cartoons by painters, such as the Raphael Cartoons in London, and examples by Leonardo da Vinci, are highly prized in their own right. Tapestry cartoons, usually colored, were followed with the eye by the weavers on the loom.[2][4] -Wikipedia

[@CommentReader]

@@numairsobhan5137 lies.

[@numairsobhan5137]

@@CommentReader Try the link if you question my authenticity. Unless you distrust the Getty museum as well?

[@brodeyleembruggen9910]

I don't think Italy invented drawing

[@steveb2145]

how to damage a sublime piece of art.... don't wear gloves