1510
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Christ and the Samaritan Woman is a 1510 ink by Giulio Campagnola, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows two figures outdoors near a building with a tall tower. One person stands, gesturing toward the other, who leans on a stone ledge with a vase of flowers beside them. In the background, a body of water and a bridge connect to more buildings. The artist used fine lines to create shadows and texture, like on the woman’s dress or the flower stems. This method is called cross-hatching. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.
Giulio Campagnola (Italian: ; c. 1482 – c. 1515) was an Italian engraver and painter, whose few, rare, prints translated the rich Venetian Renaissance style of oil paintings of Giorgione and the early Titian into the…
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