Dedication to Don Pietro Medici from "Bizzarie di varie Figure"
1624
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1624
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This engraving shows a crowd of odd, stretchy figures in fancy hats. Some hold scrolls or point to the sky. The lines are sharp and thin, like pencil marks. Bracelli made these figures bend in weird ways. He printed them from metal plates, not paint or ink. It’s called etching, where acid eats into the metal to hold ink. Try looking up Bracelli, Giovanni Battista next.
