1630
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Frontispiece for the Sacred Cosmologia (Title with Astrologers) is a 1630 ink by French 17th Century, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white etching shows three men gathered around a large, wheel-like machine with gears and a globe on top. One man sits on a stone, holding a small round object, while the other two stand nearby, one with a lantern and the other with a dog. Trees and a river fill the background, with birds and animals scattered around. The machine looks like an old astronomical tool, maybe for studying the stars. The whole scene feels like a mix of science and mystery, which fits the title *Sacred Cosmologia*. If you like this, check out more about etching to see how artists like this made detailed 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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