Piazza Presso alla Porta al Prato
1621
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
About the artist
1621
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Piazza Presso alla Porta al Prato is a 1621 ink by Edouard Eckman, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white scene shows a packed city square with people swarming around. Horses and dogs run wild in the middle, while others watch from the edges. A big building looms in the background, and smaller houses line the sides. The artist used a woodcut technique, which means the image was carved into wood and then printed. This method was common before photography. Look up woodcut to see how this printing process works.
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