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The Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA, UNITED KINGDOM

Thursday 19 October 2006

Sunday 21 January 2007

www.courtauld.ac.uk

020 7848 2526

This exhibition investigates one of the most remarkable artistic enterprises of the 17th century: David Teniers the Younger’s publication in 1660 of the magnificent Theatrum Pictorium or Theatre of Painting, the first illustrated and printed collection catalogue.

Daily 10 am to 6 pm, last admission 5.15 pm

Included in admission to permanent collection:
Adult: £5.00, concessions: £4.00
Free admission: Mondays 10 am to 2 pm
Free at all times for under 18s, full-time UK students and unwaged
Joint ticket with one other collection at Somerset House: £1.00 discount
Joint ticket with two other collections: £2.00 discount

The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue produced and distributed for the Courtauld Institute of Art by Paul Holberton Publishing. Essays by Margret Klinge and Giles Waterfield examine the origins and impact of the Theatrum and its conceptualisation of Leopold Wilhelm’s great collection.
ISBN 1 903470 49 8, 260 x 215 mm, 144 pages, 120 illustrations
Price: £20 softback; £30 cloth/hardback

The Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery has one of the most important and best-loved collections of European paintings and drawings in Britain, ranging from the Renaissance to the 20th century and including an outstanding collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.

Entrances on Victoria Embankment and Strand. British Rail mainline trains to Charing Cross, Waterloo or Blackfriars; underground stations Temple (District and Circle lines) (closed Sunday), Covent Garden (Piccadilly line) and Charing Cross (Northern, Bakerloo and Jubilee lines); buses 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 77a, 91 and 176 to Strand.