Marriage
1650
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1650
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Marriage is a 1650 ink by Jean Dughet, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white scene shows a group of people gathered in a grand, columned room. A man in a tall hat stands at the center, holding hands with a kneeling woman in a long dress. Others watch closely, some with hands clasped or raised in gestures. The room has high ceilings, arches, and a bright light shining down from above. The artist used fine lines to capture the folds in clothing and the expressions on faces. This kind of detailed linework is typical of etchings, where metal plates are scratched to create the image. Look up etching to see how artists like Dughet made prints like this.
