Henry Hastings, Fifth Earl of Huntingdon

Wenceslaus Hollar

1640

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Baroque Baroque Portrait

About this work

This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with a round face, a short beard, and curly hair. He’s wearing a high collar and a dark, textured garment. The lines around his face are drawn carefully, showing wrinkles and shadows. The artist used tiny parallel lines to create depth in the fabric and hair—this is called cross-hatching. The image looks like it was scratched into metal, not painted. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.