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...It’s the best private collection of 17th century Dutch drawings anywhere in the world,” said Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings William W. Robinson, who curated the exhibition...
...Dutch art was a kind of vanguard art because of its interest in naturalistic representation and secular subjects,” Robinson said. “It was always considered a kind of art apart, just as the Dutch republic was a kind of novel form of government and regarded with disdain by aristocratic and monarchical regimes. So in that sense, Dutch art was a kind of revolutionary, innovative art in the 17th century...
...can’t say that I have evidence that it’s bringing hordes of undergraduates through the door,” Robinson said. “But we hope, and that’s why we do exhibitions, that people will see the things in the gallery and then take an interest and come and see the many more examples that we have in our study room, which is accessible to anybody...
Sixteen of the drawings currently on display have been permanently donated to the Fogg museum, part of a total donation of 110 works donated by the Abrams in 1999. Many of the rest, according to Robinson, are on long-term loan to the Fogg, and remain accessible even when not on display...
...Robinson: Chaos at a Bridge