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"You Are Shooting at Heaven" [fol. 9 recto]

French early 16th Century

1514

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Renaissance Renaissance Allegory bow and arrow

Dominant colour

"You Are Shooting at Heaven" [fol. 9 recto] is a 1514 ink by French early 16th Century, a Renaissance work, depicting bow and arrow, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: French early 16th Century
When & what style?: 1514 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This painting shows a scene drawn with pen and brown ink on paper. It's a simple drawing with lines and shapes. You can see the artist's hand in the details. The artist used simple lines to create the image. The drawing is interesting because it's old and was made a long time ago. It gives us a glimpse into the past and how artists worked back then. To learn more about similar drawings, look up the work of the artist: French early 16th Century.