From the Middle Ages to the present, master draftsmen have used the technique of metalpoint to create some of the most beautiful and technically accomplished drawings in the history of art. Drawing in Silver and Gold examines the history of this evocative medium, in which a metal stylus is used on a specially prepared surface to create lines of ast

Examines the history of the evocative medium of metalpoint.

"The superb exhibition catalog, edited and partly written by Ms. Sell and Mr. Chapman, represents the latest scholarship in this remarkable field, including the technical research of National Gallery paper conservator Kimberly Schenck."---Barrymore Laurence Scherer, Wall Street Journal