Philippe de Mornay (Du Plessis-Mornay)
1611
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1611
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Philippe de Mornay (Du Plessis-Mornay) is a 1611 ink by Léonard Gaultier, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a bearded man in a ruffled collar. His hair is curly, and he’s looking straight ahead with a serious expression. The background is plain, but the edges of the oval frame have Latin words written in a curved line. The tiny dots and lines used here create the shading—this is called cross-hatching. It’s a way to build up dark and light areas without color. Try looking up *cross-hatching* to see how artists make depth with just lines.
Léonard Gaultier, or, as he sometimes signed himself, Galter, a French engraver, was born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641.
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