Du Cerceau’s graphic work – the most extensive and diverse oeuvre of the 16th century – was examined in its entirety only once before, in 1887. Since then, studies have focused only upon certain aspects of it, but no one has previously examined the full body of work, consisting of 1,700 engravings and 1,200 designs, left to us by the artist. Hence the urgent need for a new monograph which could only be written by a group of dedicated scholars. The first requirement was the compilation of a (...)