Biography

Julian Brooks received his PhD from University of Oxford with a doctoral thesis, now a book, on The Drawings of Andrea Boscoli. He is associate curator of drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, where he has worked since 2004. He previously held the position of Print Room Supervisor at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, where he co-curated the exhibition ‘Graceful and True’: Drawing in Florence c.1600. He has published widely on Italian drawings, and at the Getty has curated exhibitions including Guercino: Mind to Paper, and Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro: Artist-Brothers in Renaissance Rome (2007-2008). His book Master Drawings Close-Up(2010) was co-published by the Getty and the British Museum.

Project Summary

This research project, which will lead to an exhibition at the Getty and the Frick, focuses on Andrea del Sarto's creative process. By looking at new infrared reflectography of panel underdrawing together with related drawings on paper, the project will illuminate Andrea del Sarto's inventiveness and workshop practice.