Cultivating the Connoisseur: James Bowdoin III as Collector and the History of Drawings at Bowdoin

"Cultivating the Connoisseur: James Bowdoin III as Collector and the History of Drawings at Bowdoin College"
Sarah Cantor, The McGuigan Collection Research Fellow (2023-24), spoke about the historic collection of drawings bequeathed to Bowdoin College by James Bowdoin III in 1811. Cantor discussed the practice of drawing between the Renaissance and eighteenth century and spoke to James Bowdoin III’s reasons for donating these works-together with important paintings-to the College he helped establish. In conjunction with Cantor’s presentation, select drawings were shared with the public.
Presented by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Recorded on April 11, 2024 at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine