1890
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Salomon and Cleopatra is a 1890 ink by Henri-Charles Guérard, a Romanticism work, depicting Turban, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a man in a turban kneeling before a seated queen in a flowing robe. The dark shadows and soft light make her face glow. Mezzotint lets artists carve prints from metal, then ink the grooves. Guérard used it to blur edges and blend tones here. The queen looks almost real, like a photograph. See how chiaroscuro works up close.
Henri Charles Guérard (26 April 1846, Paris - 24 March 1897, Paris) was a French painter and printmaker, particularly in etching and lithography.
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