List of museums with major collections of European prints and drawings explained

This is a list of museums or print rooms with major collections of European old master prints and drawings. This list is incomplete, and should not be regarded as a correct ranking of the major collections.

  1. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France

200 000 drawings, 10 millions prints [1]

  1. British Museum, London, England

50,000 drawings, 2 million prints[2]

  1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art *, New York, US

15,000 drawings, 1.5 million prints[3]

  1. Albertina, Vienna, Austria

50,000 drawings, 1 million prints[4] Excludes 25,000 architectural drawings

  1. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany

110,000 drawings, 500,000 prints[5]

  1. Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

Over 20,000 drawings and 700,000 prints[6]

  1. State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia

39,000 drawings, 486,000 prints[7]

  1. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England

2,000 drawings, 500,000 prints[8] Excludes 600,000 architectural drawings, 100,000 design drawings and 10,000 British drawings https://web.archive.org/web/20070809175635/http://www.architecture.com/go/Architecture/Reference/Library_888.html (V&A Collecting Plan Including Acquisition & Disposal Policy, August 2004)

  1. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Over 500,000 prints and drawings[9]

  1. National Gallery in Prague, Collection of Prints and Drawings, Prague, Czech Republic

60,000 drawings, 400,000 prints[10]

  1. Bibliothèque Municipale, Lyon, France

203,500 prints[11]

  1. Cabinet des estampes et des dessins, Strasbourg, France

Over 200,000 prints and drawings[12]

  1. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England

20,000 drawings, 180,000 prints[13]

  1. Royal Collection, London, England

40,000 drawings, 150,000 prints[14] Including 600 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci

  1. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

140,500 drawings, 43,000 prints[15] The main print collection is at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, US

150,000 drawings and prints[16]

  1. Uffizi, Florence, Italy

120,000 drawings and prints[17]

  1. École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France

20,000 drawings, 100,000 prints.[18] [19] Excludes 45,000 architectural drawings

  1. National Gallery of Art, Washington, US

105,000 drawings and prints[20]

  1. Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris, France

100,000 prints[21]

  1. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US

11,500 drawings, 60,000 prints[22]

  1. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France

10,500 drawings, 60,0000 prints[23]

  1. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans, France

10,000 drawings, 50,000 prints[24]

  1. Museum of Modern Art, New York, US

6,000 drawings, 50,000 prints[25]

  1. Brooklyn Museum, New York, US

2,000 drawings, 40,000 prints[26]

  1. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

9,000 drawings, 6,000 prints.[27] The main drawing and print collection is at the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

  1. Zelandia Illustrata, Amsterdam, Netherlands

18,000 maps, prints, drawings, photographs, glass negatives, slides and postcards

  1. Museo ABC de Dibujo e Ilustración, Madrid, Spain

200,000 drawings and illustrations by 1,500 artists from 1891 up to the present

  1. Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

17,000 drawings, 60,000 to 70,000 prints[28]

  1. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

130,000 prints and drawings[29]

  1. Teylers Museum Haarlem, The Netherlands[30]
  2. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

100,000 prints and drawings[31]

  1. Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

100,000 prints, 10,000 drawings [32]

  1. National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

50,000 drawings,[33] 70,000 prints[34]

  1. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain

15,300 drawings,[35] 35,000 prints[36]

  1. Hispanic Society of America, New York, US

6,000 drawings,[37] 15,000 prints[38]

  1. Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

75,000 drawings and prints[39]

  1. Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Munich, Germany

400,000 drawings and prints[40]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guide de recherche au département des Estampes. Bibliothèque nationale de France. 2024-03-04.
  2. Web site: Prints and Drawings . British Museum . 2015-03-20 . 2015-12-27.
  3. http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_lib.asp#stu
  4. Web site: Die Albertina - Grafische Sammlung . August 19, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928115421/http://www.albertina.at/cms/front_content.php?idcatart=257 . September 28, 2007 .
  5. Web site: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Generaldirektion . Home - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin . Smb.spk-berlin.de . 2015-12-27.
  6. Web site: Royal Library of Belgium, Print Room . Prints and Drawings - KBR . kbr.be . 2019-12-01.
  7. Web site: The Hermitage Collections . Hermitagemuseum.org . 2015-12-27.
  8. Web site: Word & Image Department - Victoria and Albert Museum . Vam.ac.uk . 2015-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090321091914/http://www.vam.ac.uk/about_va/whoswho/collections/dept_word/index.html . 2009-03-21 .
  9. Web site: Prints - Works of Art - Rijkstudio - Rijksmuseum . rijksmuseum.nl . 2018-07-21.
  10. Web site: Úvod - Národní galerie v Praze . Ngprague.cz . 2015-12-27.
  11. Web site: 2021 Annual Report. Municipal Library of Lyon. 18 March 2024.
  12. Web site: Bilan des régions (hors musées nationaux) . .culture.gouv.fr . 5 . French Ministry of Culture . 7 September 2019.
  13. Web site: The Fitzwilliam Museum : Overview . Fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk . 2013-10-29 . 2015-12-27.
  14. Web site: Royal Collection Trust . Royalcollection.org.uk . 2015-11-13 . 2015-12-27.
  15. 2005 Annual Report – Tableau récapitulatif de l’état d'avancement de l'informatisation des collections fin 2005, page 185.
  16. Web site: Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections : Curatorial Departments : Prints, Drawings & Photographs . Philamuseum.org . 2015-12-27.
  17. http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/english/musei/disegni/
  18. Web site: Prints at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. beauxartsparis.fr. 2024-03-14.
  19. Web site: Drawings at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. beauxartsparis.fr. 2024-03-14.
  20. Web site: Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Art . nga.gov . 2018-07-21.
  21. Web site: BNF - Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal . June 17, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100520082037/http://www.bnf.fr/fr/collections_et_services/dpts/s.bibliotheque_arsenal.html?first_Art=non . May 20, 2010 .
  22. Web site: The Art Institute of Chicago: The Collection: Prints and Drawings . March 29, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070202135338/http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/prints/index.php . February 2, 2007 .
  23. http://mba.dijon.fr/collectionsag.html
  24. Web site: Musées de la région Centre : Présentation . www.musees.regioncentre.fr . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721020240/http://www.musees.regioncentre.fr/Les-musees.php?navID=&lang=FRA&preprod=0&idcat=C&idmusee=AAFG&idarticle=AAFGB . 21 July 2011 . dead.
  25. Web site: MoMA : Study Centers . Moma.org . 2015-12-27.
  26. Web site: Brooklyn Museum: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs . March 29, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061004015740/http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/collections/prints-drawings-and-photographs.php/ . October 4, 2006 .
  27. Web site: Dibujos, estampas y fotografía - Colección - Museo Nacional del Prado. www.museodelprado.es. 2019-05-15.
  28. Web site: https://www.boijmans.nl/.
  29. Web site: Prints and Drawings | Hamburger Kunsthalle .
  30. Web site: Teylers Museum – Kunst en wetenschap in Haarlem .
  31. Web site: About the Städel Museum .
  32. Web site: Exhibitions .
  33. Web site: Drawings Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. www.museunacional.cat. 2019-05-15.
  34. Web site: Prints Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. www.museunacional.cat. 2019-05-15.
  35. Web site: Catálogo digital de dibujos RABASF. www.academiacolecciones.com. 2019-05-15.
  36. Web site: Estampas Calcografía Nacional. Fernando. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. es. 2019-05-15.
  37. Web site: Drawings. 2015-11-25. Hispanic Society of America. en-US. 2019-05-15.
  38. Web site: Prints & Photographs. Hispanic Society of America. en-US. 2019-05-15.
  39. Web site: The Print Cabinet Museum Plantin-Moretus. www.museumplantinmoretus.be. 2019-05-15.
  40. Web site: Die Sammlung / The collection - Staatliche graphische Sammlung - München .

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