Johann-Michael Denis
1781
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
About the artist
1781
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Johann-Michael Denis is a 1781 ink by Jacob Adam, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with curly white hair and a powdered wig. He’s dressed in a high-collared coat, looking off to the side with a serious expression. The background is a dark oval frame with a ribbon of text at the top and a scroll with more writing below. The man holds a rolled-up document in one hand, and the whole image is surrounded by delicate leaves and musical instruments like a trumpet. The paper has a textured look, like it was made by hand. This is an example of engraving, a technique where artists carve lines into metal plates to print images.
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