Cabinet des estampes et des dessins (Strasbourg)
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The Cabinet des estampes et des dessins (Print Room) is a museum
in Strasbourg
in the Bas-Rhin
department of France
. It is dedicated to engraving
s (estampes) and drawing
s (dessins), but also woodcut
s and lithographies
, covering a period of five centuries from the 14th to the 19th. Graphic art since 1870 is displayed in the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain
. P. Jean-Baptiste Bradel
is one of the many artists whose work is featured.
The collection, now counting over 200,000 pieces, was founded in 1890 by Wilhelm von Bode
during his rebuilding and reorganisation of the city's art collections
.
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
in Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
in the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
department of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is dedicated to engraving
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
s (estampes) and drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
s (dessins), but also woodcut
Woodcut
Woodcut—occasionally known as xylography—is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges...
s and lithographies
Lithography
Lithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface...
, covering a period of five centuries from the 14th to the 19th. Graphic art since 1870 is displayed in the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain
Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg is an art museum in Strasbourg, France, which was founded in 1973 and opened in its own building in November 1998....
. P. Jean-Baptiste Bradel
P. Jean-Baptiste Bradel
P. Jean-Baptiste Bradel, a French draughtsman and engraver, was born in Paris about 1750. He was chiefly employed in engraving portraits, which are neatly executed, and which include the following plates:*Pope Benedict XIV.*Pope Clement XIV....
is one of the many artists whose work is featured.
The collection, now counting over 200,000 pieces, was founded in 1890 by Wilhelm von Bode
Wilhelm von Bode
Wilhelm von Bode was a German art historian and curator. Born Arnold William Bode in Calvörde, he was ennobled in 1913...
during his rebuilding and reorganisation of the city's art collections
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg is the old masters paintings collection of the city of Strasbourg, located in the Alsace region of France. The museum is housed in the first and second floors of the baroque Palais Rohan since 1898...
.