Galleries
Prints and Drawings (Room 90), Upper floor
Exhibitions of prints and drawings are changed several times a year because long exposure to light causes works on paper to fade and discolour. More about the gallery
Changing displays
Hercules Segers and his 'printed paintings'
Hercules Segers is considered the most innovative and imaginative Dutch printmaker of his time. His hand-coloured works are described as 'printed paintings'.
Until 6 May 2012
Permanent displays
Three works from the department are normally on display in the Museum:
The Triumphal Arch
Albrecht Dürer
Woodcut, 1515
Room 12
View of Venice (detail)
Jacopo de' Barbari
Woodcut, 1500
Study Room lobby off Room 90
Epifania
Michelangelo
Black chalk, around 1550
Room 90
Other prints and drawings can be seen in the Study Room.