1622
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Franca Trippa and Fritellino is a 1622 ink by French 17th Century, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two giant, feathered figures stomping through a small village. One holds a guitar, the other a long stick. Tiny people run away in the background, hiding behind houses. The giants look angry, their big feet crushing the ground. The names at the bottom—*Franca Trippa* and *Fritellino*—sound like the giants’ titles. The artist used sharp lines to make the scene feel chaotic and dramatic. Next, look up how *etching* works to see how this print was made.
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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