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Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) never left his homeland of the Netherlands but in his massive body of painting

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Gray Collection: Pure Drawing Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) neverAn engaging survey of a renowned collection of drawings that includes work by artists from Guercino and Hendrick Goltzius to Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Jaume Plensa. One of Americas foremost art dealers, Richard Grayalong with his wife, the art historian Mary L. Grayamassed a remarkable collection of drawings, paintings, and sculpture representing 700 years of Western art. Offering an in depth look at the Gray Collections drawings, this volume