{"product_id":"sergel-study-for-the-head-of-diomedes-sketchbook","title":"Sergel: Study for the Head of Diomedes Sketchbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eGet inspired! This attractive small sketchbook is sure to keep you drawing on the go. With soft-touch laminate, this hardcover sketchbook has 100 pages of unlined ivory paper and a matching ribbon page marker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough little known beyond his native Sweden, sculptor and draftsman Johan Tobias Sergel (1740–1814) was one of the most compelling artistic figures of the late eighteenth century. This set of 8 postcards highlight Sergel the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrained initially in Stockholm, Sergel spent time in Paris and, more importantly, over a decade in Rome, where his associates included a dazzling international circle of artists and patrons. Sergel’s sculpture was an important model for a generation of Neoclassical artists, but the artist’s personality is most evident in the drawings that constitute a virtual diary of his life, often in caricature. His late drawings, made when Sergel was in poor health and in a state of depression, have been compared to those of Francisco Goya. Although his career spanned artistic movements from Rococo to Neoclassicism to Romanticism, Sergel also seems at times a modern figure, one whose life can offer a rich story to contemporary audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sketchbook was produced to accompany the exhibition \u003cem\u003eFantasy and Reality: The Art of Johan Tobias Sergel\u003c\/em\u003e on view at the Morgan Library \u0026amp; Museum October 30, 2026 through January 31, 2027.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Morgan Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647940038873,"sku":"X15205","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/6246\/2681\/files\/HeadofDiomedesSketchbook1.jpg?v=1791669787","url":"https:\/\/shop.themorgan.org\/products\/sergel-study-for-the-head-of-diomedes-sketchbook","provider":"The Morgan Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}