1650
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Betrayal of Judas is a 1650 ink by French 17th Century, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a group of five men in a dim, dramatic scene. One man stands out in the center, holding a lantern that casts sharp light on his face. The others look tense or worried, with one kneeling and another raising his hands. Dark trees and swirling clouds fill the background, making the figures stand out against the chaos. The artist used tiny parallel lines to build up shadows and light—this is called cross-hatching. It gives the scene a rough, urgent feel, like the moment is about to explode. Check out how cross-hatching works to create depth and emotion in 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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