In a new light
This digital presentation was created on the occasion of the Kupferstich-Kabinett exhibition „In a new light. 16th-century Italian drawings reconsidered“ (Residenzschloss Dresden, Studiolo, 12.09.2026–03.01.2027).
The exhibition accompanies the cataloguing project of sixteenth-century Italian drawings in the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett. The interpretative texts for individual objects are based largely on catalogue entries prepared by various authors for the collection catalogue: Maria Aresin nos. 6–9, Camilla Colzani nos. 2–4, Heiko Damm no. 21, David Ekserdjian no. 1, Valentina Frascarolo no. 22, Stefania Girometti no. 10 (with Gudula Metze), Esther Löffelbein no. 13, Silvia Massa no. 11, Gudula Metze nos. 5, 10 (with Stefania Girometti), 12, 14–16, 18–20, 23, Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken no. 17).
For further information and access to the pre-release version of the collection catalogue, see:
https://kupferstich-kabinett.skd.museum/forschung/italienische-zeichnungen-16-jahrhundert/.
Concept of the online platform „Voices“
Jacob Franke
Content and texts
Gudula Metze
Translations from German into English
Kenneth Friend, Jakob Müller, Gudula Metze
Editing and content integration
Jakob Müller
Design of the background image
Karen Weinert
Technical implementation
XIMA MEDIA GmbH (Bianca Zimmer, Eliseo Malo)
Acknowledgements
Special thanks for their support go to Martin Zavesky, Tessa Pohle, Rebecca Schmidt and Steve Johnson-Wozowiecki.
Exhibition supported by
International Music and Art Foundation (IMAF)
Research and cataloguing project supported by
Getty Foundation, Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, Wolfgang Ratjen Stiftung
© SKD 2026
Note
AI-assisted language tools, particularly DeepL and ChatGPT, were used in some instances to support the editorial preparation of the texts.
In a new light
Unseen traces, surprising discoveries and fresh perspectives on old drawings: As part of a project to catalogue sixteenth-century Italian drawings in the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett, stories behind the sheets were revealed, hidden features
uncovered, fragments reunited, and names put to previously anonymous works. The exhibition "In a new light. 16th-century Italian drawings reconsidered" presents selected findings from this multi-year research.