1635
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Landscape is a 1635 ink by French 17th Century, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a quiet riverside village. Small houses with sloped roofs line the shore, and a few trees dot the landscape. A tower stands near the center, while boats float on the water—one with two people rowing, another with a single figure. Notice how the artist used shading to show depth, like the dark clouds and the boat’s shadow on the water. This was a common trick in etchings to create a sense of space. Try looking up etching to see how artists like this made detailed prints from metal plates.
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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