1816
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny is a 1816 ink by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in a long robe with wide sleeves, holding a piece of paper in one hand and resting his other hand on a small table. His clothes have fancy embroidery and buttons, and his hair is powdered and tied back. The lines are drawn carefully, making his face and hands look detailed. The artist used a technique called *etching* to create the texture and shading. This method lets them control how dark or light the lines appear. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this make prints.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic…
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