Rediscovered Drawing Unveiled at Christopher Bishop Fine Art

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Art and Sensuality in Imperial Prague: The (Un)veiling of Bartholomeus Spranger’s Saint Ursula Title
Courtesy Christopher Bishop Fine Art

Bartholomeus Spranger, Saint Ursula, c. 1583. Detail. Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk with pink and teal watercolor washes in a Venetian ca. 1590 aedicule frame.

Spranger’s rediscovered drawing of Saint Ursula will be on view in Art and Sensuality in Imperial Prague: The (Un)veiling of Bartholomeus Spranger’s Saint Ursula at Christopher Bishop Fine Art in New York City from June 11 through September 30, 2021. A forthcoming catalog will feature an essay by Sally Metzler, guest curator of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2014 exhibition Bartholomeus Spranger: Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague. The catalog reveals how Renaissance notions of femininity and strength, sensuality and religion, saintly virginity, and physical beauty are more complex than commonly assumed.

Event Information
Start Date: June 11, 2021
End Date: September 30, 2021
City: New York, NY
Venue: Christopher Bishop Fine Art

Art and Sensuality in Imperial Prague: The (Un)veiling of Bartholomeus Spranger’s Saint Ursula Title

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