Frits Lugt, les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes

Abstract

Originally published in 1921, followed by its Supplément published in 1956; a new, revised and augmented version of this encyclopaedic work is accessible online. The database incorporates the two historical volumes (5215 marks in total), as well as numerous new entries for marks created by private or institutional collectors, and other, older marks that had escaped the original research and deserve to be known. In addition, a number of original entries were extended and completed and several anonymous marks were identified. The database is continually being enriched. Contains a wealth of information about print and drawing collectors and the vicissitudes of their collections. It is the most important manual for specialists of drawings and prints to trace the provenance of works on paper, by means of recorded collectors' marks, written or stamped. The Fondation Custodia, which administers the legacy of Frits Lugt, has entered into a partnership with the Département des Arts graphiques of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) in The Hague.