1788
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Embracing Lovers in Classical Dress is a 1788 ink by Heinrich Füger, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people in loose, flowing robes, sitting close together in a rocky landscape. The man’s arm wraps around the woman’s shoulders, while she leans her head against his chest. Their faces are soft but serious, and the background looks like rough cliffs and a faint sky. The artist used thin lines and shading to create depth, almost like scribbled shadows. The blue-gray paper makes the figures stand out in a cool, muted tone. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadow with layers of lines.
Heinrich Friedrich Füger (8 December 1751 – 5 November 1818) was a German portrait and historical painter and one of the most important German representatives of classicism.
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