1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Beggar with Hat in Hand (Mendiant avec son chapeau a la main) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a bent-over man with a long beard and a hat in his hand. His clothes are simple, and his posture looks tired. Behind him, a tree with thick branches fills the background, drawn with quick, scratchy lines. The artist used shading to show the folds in his clothes and the texture of the tree bark. The lines are rough, almost like scribbles, which makes the scene feel urgent. Next, look up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how these techniques create this kind of drawing.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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