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Guercino, Bespectacled Man Reading a Book , 1630s-1640s. Princeton University Art Museum The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College is presenting two wide-ranging shows of Western drawings. "500 Years of Italian Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum" is a touring exhibition drawn from one of the nation's best university collections. Complementing it is "Infinity on Paper: Drawings from the Collections of the Benton Museum of Art and Jack Shear." Installation view, "500 Years of Italian Drawings" Princeton's art museum is closed for construction of a new, David Adjaye-designed building (set to open in spring 2025). Hence "500 Years," the larger of the two exhibitions now at the Benton. Some 95 sheets span Michelangelo, Parmigianino, Pordenone, Luca Cambiaso, Paolo Veronese, Bernini, Guercino, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo, plus a number of secondary figures. It's really an Old Master show with a couple of Modiglianis th

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