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 pulled low over his forehead and a high collar that frames his face. The lines around his eyes and mouth show age, and his hands rest on his chest, fingers slightly spread. The artist used fine, crisscrossed lines to build up the shading—this is called cross-hatching. It makes the fur collar and wrinkles look almost three-dimensional. Next, check out technique: engraving, cross-hatching to see how this effect works.
Pierre Gabriel Langlois (1796–1796) was an artist.
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