1774
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Man in a Turban Reading to a Young Woman is a 1774 ink by Johann Jakob Dorner the Elder, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people close together. The woman on the left wears a big, curly wig and a fancy dress with ruffles at the neckline. The man on the right has a dark turban and a long coat, holding a piece of paper or book while the woman looks at it. The artist used lines to create shadows and texture, especially in the wigs and clothes. The paper has a slight grid pattern, common for etchings. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this made prints with acid and metal plates.
Johann Jakob Dorner the Elder (1741–1813), who was born at Ehrenstetten, near Freiburg in Breisgau, was a painter of historical and genre subjects.
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