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Meanwhile, acquisitions of drawings, including an album of 50 Goyas continued to be processed by way of the Department of Paintings. In 1960, a Department of Drawings was established underneath Jacob Bean, who served as curator until 1992, throughout which time the museum’s assortment of drawings almost doubled in dimension, with strengths in French and Italian works. The museum presents a small collection Museum of Art of late twentieth and early 21st Century painting, including works by artists exploring abstraction and abstract impressionism, giving larger consideration to the individualist artist. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is certainly one of the world’s most well-known museums.