1674
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Martin Desjardins is a 1674 ink by Gerard Edelinck, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white engraving shows a man in a fancy 1700s-style coat with big curls in his hair. He’s holding a small sculpture of a hand in his right hand, and his left hand rests on a draped cloth. Behind him, there’s a curtain and a glimpse of a window with a landscape outside. The artist used fine lines to create deep shadows and texture, especially in the man’s wig and clothing. The tiny details in the hand sculpture show how carefully the artist worked. Next, check out engraving to see how artists create these intricate images with just a needle.
Gérard Edelinck (20 October 1640 (baptized) – 2 April 1707) was a copper-plate engraver and print publisher of Flemish origin, who worked in Paris from 1666 and became a naturalized French citizen in 1675.
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