Four Dancing Muses
1502
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1502
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This print shows four women dancing in a circle. Their long robes swing as they move, with delicate lines around their hands and feet. The artist cut this image into metal, then inked it and pressed paper onto the plate. The shadows come from fine lines crossing each other, called cross-hatching. Check out the real plate this copy came from at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
