“All kinds of aesthetic decisions are taken that make the jump from an observation to a work of art.”
Curator Stijn Alsteens on a set of studies by Albrecht Dürer from 1493.
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Stijn Alsteens
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Stijn Alsteens
Former Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints
Former Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints
Photography by Mark Morosse
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