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, depicting Dancing, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows wiry stick figures tangled in odd geometric shapes. Arms and legs twist into spirals and cubes. One figure balances on a tilted rectangle like a table. Bracelli made this in 1624, early for print art that feels almost modern. The lines are crisp and playful, turning bodies into puzzles. No clear story—just shapes and lines playing together. Try looking up more of Bracelli, Giovanni Battista next.
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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