Three Months
1584
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
About the artist
1584
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Three Months is a 1584 ink by Franz Brun, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a busy engraving packed with tiny figures, all doing ordinary things. A woman cooks. Kids play. Men chop wood. The lines are so fine they look like lace. The artist packed 544 figures into one small plate. That’s way more than most prints. Look close. One guy in the corner just trips over his own feet. Try your own engraving next. Search for the technique called cross-hatching.
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