1622
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Beggar with Crutches and Sack is a 1622 ink by French 17th Century, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows an older man leaning on two crutches. He’s wearing a long, loose coat and a cap pulled low over his forehead. One hand rests on his chest, while the other holds a crutch, and a bulging sack hangs at his side. The artist used quick, rough lines to show his wrinkled face and tired posture. The paper has a textured look, typical of etchings from this time. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this carved into metal plates to make 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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