1740
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Miracle of Saint Mark (right side) is a 1740 ink by John Baptist Jackson, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This scene shows a chaotic crowd around a raised platform. A man in a long robe stands on the right, arms outstretched as if commanding attention. Below him, people scramble—some kneel, others reach upward, and a few hold objects like a globe or a book. The background has a crumbling wall with a window and a faintly glowing light above the platform. The artist used deep shadows and bright highlights to make the figures pop dramatically. This style is called *chiaroscuro*, where light and dark create a sense of movement and emotion. Look up technique: woodcut to see how this method works.
John Baptist Jackson (1701–1780) was a British artist, a woodcut printmaker of the eighteenth century.
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