1624
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
From "Bizzarie di varie Figure" is a 1624 ink by Giovanni Battista Bracelli, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two strange, half-human figures in odd poses. One has a horse’s head and legs, holding a spear, while the other looks like a person with a bird’s head and wings, carrying a shield. Their bodies are stiff and angular, almost like they’re made of pieces. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and weirdness. This style fits the Baroque period’s love of drama and unusual ideas. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this made prints with acid and metal plates.
Giovanni Battista Bracelli or Braccelli is the name of more than one engraver and painter active in central Italy in the Baroque period, between about 1616 and 1649.
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