Fontenelle
1796
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Pierre Gabriel Langlois
Pierre Gabriel Langlois (1796–1796) was an artist.
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ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Fontenelle is a 1796 ink by Pierre Gabriel Langlois, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of an older man with a serious expression. He’s wearing a dark hat and a high collar, and his face is framed by a circular border. The background is plain, but the lines around his face and hat are made of tiny, crisscrossed marks. The name "Fontenelle" is written below the portrait, and the image looks like it was made by pressing lines into paper. This kind of detailed shading is called cross-hatching. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
Pierre Gabriel Langlois (1796–1796) was an artist.
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