This

book

brings

together

fifty

exquisite

observational portrait drawings

from

the

Renaissance

and

Baroque

periods , including

works

by Leonardo

da

Vinci,

Durer, Holbein,

Bernini,

Carracci, Clouet , Rubens and

Rembrandt .

More

than

a

record

of

the

sitters ‘ appearance,

these

works

capture

a

moment

of

connection

between

artist

and

sitter:

an

encounter.