Bruegel to Rembrandt:
Drawing Life,
Sketching Wonder

Location & Navigation

• The exhibition is located on the first floor and can be accessed by lift or via 27 steps (split into three sections, with handrails on the left when ascending).
• The exhibition is divided into two parts:
• • The first half is in one large gallery space
  • To visit the second half:
    • Exit through the same door you entered and turn left
    • Go up five steps
    • Enter through the door on the right
    • This second half includes four additional areas, including an animation film and communal drawing space
  • For level access to the second half of the exhibition, enter through the door on the first-floor landing.

Labels & Light Levels

• The interpretation text for each artwork is printed on matte labels in font size 18. Some are on labels you can pick up. The majority are wall mounted labels.
• There are large print versions of the labels together in a handout just inside the exhibition by the entrance to each gallery space.
• Lighting levels throughout the exhibition vary between 30 and 50 lux.

Seating

• There is one bench in the large gallery space, and one bench in the second gallery space, across the corridor
• There is one bench for viewing the animation film
• There are several stools in the communal drawing space around the table
• Light, folding, portable stools are available and can be collected from a rack situated outside the lift on the first floor landing

• There is an audio tour with six stops spoken by exhibition curator, Jane Simpkiss.
  • To listen, please bring your own smartphone and headphones and connect to the free Compton Verney wi-fi. Then scan the QR codes next to the relevant artworks.
  • Each stop on the tour lasts between 60 and 90 seconds and they can be listened to in any order.
  • You don’t need to download any apps to listen to the audio tour.
  • This tour isn’t intended to be audio description of the artworks instead it offers further insight about the pieces.
• If you’re visiting the exhibition with children, there are several prompts or cues displayed on the walls to encourage a closer look through spotting characters, items and colours.
• There is an 18 minute animation playing on a continuous loop in a secluded space, with an ambient soundtrack. The space is dark and there is one bench available to sit on. Please be aware that there are brief depictions of sex and violence at points during the film.
• The exhibition features an interactive communal drawing space where anyone is welcome to sketch their own characters or features to add to a large landscape on the wall. You can also try your hand at copying the style of some of the Old Masters on long paper rolls hanging from the wall.
• The paint used on the walls of the exhibition is Little Greene. The colours are Rolling Fog (pale 158), Blush (267), Grey Stone (276), Sage Green (80), Boxington (84), Light Bronze Green (123), Tuscan Red, Adventurer (7) and Yellow Pink (46).