Mark McDonald

Assistant Keeper

Old Master Prints and Spanish Drawings

Department: Prints and Drawings

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7323 8054
Email: mmcdonald @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Mark McDonald’s principal area of interest is Old Master prints from the fifteenth- through the eighteenth century with special interest in the Renaissance period. He has published widely and taught on this subject as well as on collecting  and Spanish drawings. Within the department, Mark is the curator responsible for overseeing the Print Room. Before joining the British Museum he worked at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Current British Museum projects

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Previous British Museum projects

Reconstructing the print collection of Ferdinand Columbus (1488-1539) the son of Christopher Columbus.

External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies

Research Associate of the Courtauld Institute, London.

Honorary Fellow of University College, London University.

Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne.

Co-founder with Patricia Rubin of the Graphic Arts Group  (GAG) 2005-

Advisor and contributor to the Getty/USC Mencia Mendoza Project.

Guest teaching on Courtauld Institute Renaissance arts course.

Affiliated with the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientficas [CSIC], Madrid

Member and committee principal of ARTES, society of art historians, artists etc  with hispanic interests.

Publications

Most recent publications

M. McDonald, 'The Lost Print Collection of Ferdinand Columbus (1488-1539)', in J. Fellows, E. Block and M.H. Jones, Profane Images in the Marginal Arts of the Middle Ages (Brepols, 2007)

M. McDonald, ‘A Genealogy for the Count Duke of Olivares', Print Quarterly, xxiii 2006, pp.359-82

M. McDonald, 'French woodcuts for a Spanish Audience', Print Quarterly, xxiii 2006, pp.288-94

M. McDonald, 'A Presentation Drawing by Antonio Villanueva', Burlington Magazine, cxlviii 2006,  pp.192-94

M. McDonald, La colección de estampas de Hernando Colón (1488-1539): Colecciónismo en la era del Descubrimiento: Fundación 'La Caixa', Madrid 10 June – 25 July, Seville 4 October – 15 December 2004 (British Museum with English catalogue as Ferdinand Columbus: Renaissance Collector, 9 February – 5 June 2005)