Heinrich Julius von Goldbeck
1800
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1800
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This is a red-brown portrait of a man inside a round frame. His face is serious, with a high forehead and a white cravat at his neck. The background is plain, but the paper has faint sketchy lines in the corners. The artist used a technique called stipple etching—tiny dots create the shading. This style was common in the early 1800s. Next, check out the technique: etching to see how artists made prints like this.
