1496
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Three Figures is a 1496 ink by Vittore Carpaccio, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The person on the left wears a wide-brimmed hat and a long coat, while the person in the middle has a hooded robe and a tall hat. The person on the right, with a beard and a fur-lined hat, leans slightly toward the others. The drawing uses quick, sketchy lines to show fabric folds and shadows. The artist left some areas blank, focusing on shapes and movement instead of details. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shading with lines.
Vittore Carpaccio (UK: kar-PATCH-ee-oh, US: -PAHTCH-, Italian: ; c. 1460/65 – c. 1525) was an Italian painter of the Venetian school who studied under Gentile Bellini. Carpaccio was largely influenced by the style of…
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