1785
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Saints Peter and Paul is a 1785 ink by Gaetano Gandolfi, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows two bearded men in flowing robes. One sits slumped, hand on his head, while the other kneels beside him, holding a book and pointing upward. The background has a dim window and distant buildings. Keys and a broken chain lie on the floor near the seated man. The text at the bottom names the scene *Saints Peter and Paul*, but the artist copied it from an older painting by Guido Reni. The soft shading and detailed textures come from the printmaking process. Next, check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists like Gandolfi created these rich lines.
Gaetano Gandolfi (31 August 1734 – 20 June 1802) was an Italian painter, draughtsman and sculptor of the late Baroque period, mainly active in and around Bologna.
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