1622
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Beggar with a Stick is a 1622 ink by French 17th Century, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows an older man leaning on a long stick, his body bent forward. His face is wrinkled, with a tired expression, and his hands grip the stick tightly. The lines are rough and scratchy, giving the paper a textured look. The artist used a method that leaves deep, dark marks where the tool pressed into the metal plate. This style was common in the 1600s for quick, expressive sketches. Look up technique: etching to see how this process works.
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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