1601
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Beggar Couple, with Landscape in Background is a 1601 ink by French 17th Century, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows an older man and woman standing outside. The man leans on a long stick, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and loose clothes. The woman, dressed in a long coat and head covering, carries a bundle. Behind them, a simple tree and bushes fill the background. The artist used lines to show texture—notice how the clothes look almost woven. This style was common in etchings, where the plate holds ink for shading. Next, check out technique: etching to see how artists like this made prints.
Seventeenth-century French printmakers turned ink into story. Their tools were burin and acid, paper their stage. Look at the Beggar Woman with Rosary (1622), etched on laid paper, her hands folded around faith, or The…
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