1582
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
The Madonna Protecting Two Members of a Confraternity is a 1582 ink by Agostino Carracci, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a woman in a crown holding a cloth. She looks down at two men kneeling in front of her. One man holds a scroll, the other points upward. The woman’s face is calm, the men look serious. The artist used lines to build up shadows and light. This makes the figures pop off the page. The text below is in Italian. Try looking up engraving to see how artists use lines like this.
Agostino Carracci ( kə-RAH-chee, UK also kə-RATCH-ee, Italian: ; also Caracci; 16 August 1557 – 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher.
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