1539
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Figure Costumed as Hercules is a 1539 ink by French 16th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a muscular man dressed as a Roman soldier. He wears a helmet with big feathers, a short cape, and armor over his chest. In one hand, he holds a spear, and in the other, he clutches a bunch of grapes or a fruit cluster. The artist used fine lines to show the folds in his clothes and the muscles in his arms. This kind of drawing was made by pressing ink into a metal plate, then pressing paper onto it. Next, look up technique: etching.
A French artist from the 1500s made metal sculptures and prints that feel like Renaissance snapshots.
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