1632
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ruins is a 1632 ink by Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst, a Baroque work, depicting Ruins, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows old ruins with crumbling walls and overgrown vegetation. It's an etching, which is a technique where the artist scratches a design onto a metal plate. The details in the ruins are what make this work interesting, with intricate stone carvings and textures that give a sense of age and decay. To learn more about this style, look up the technique: etching.
Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst (also Bronchorst or Bronkhorst; 1603–1661) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. He is considered today to be a minor member of the Utrecht Caravaggisti.
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