The Department of Western Art houses outstanding collections of European fine and decorative arts from the Renaissance to the present day. They include Old Master and later paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints, and English and continental ceramics, sculpture, silver, watches, rings and musical instruments.
WESTERN ART COLLECTIONS
Explore the Ashmolean's Western Art online collection
The Ashmolean's extraordinary collection contains around 25,000 drawings and over 250,000 prints. The Print Room exists to enable access to our collection for both study and enjoyment.
Among the many publications relating to the collections in the Department of Western Art are monographs, catalogues of specific areas of the collection, and more general studies and exhibition catalogues.
