1658
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
N. Paget is a 1658 ink by Michel Lasne, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with curly hair and a mustache. He’s wearing a dark, buttoned jacket and a ruffled collar. The background is plain, but the face is framed by a thick oval line, and there’s a small crest at the bottom with a crown and a lion. The tiny details in the hair and fabric are made with lots of fine lines, which is how the artist created shadows and texture. This isn’t a painting—it’s an *engraving*, which means the image was carved into metal and then printed. If you like this style, look up engraving to see how artists used tools to make these precise lines.
Michel Lasne (Caen, ca. 1590–4 December 1667, Paris), was a French engraver, draughtsman and collector. Lasne was born in Caen and was the son of a goldsmith. He was a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp for…
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