1624
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Galileo Galilei is a 1624 ink by Ottavio Leoni, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image is a portrait of a man with a long white beard and hair, wearing a dark jacket with buttons down the front. The background is a light color with a darker section behind the man's head. The man is looking to the right, and his facial expression is serious. The artist has used a technique called cross-hatching to create texture and shading in the image. The level of detail in the man's face and clothing suggests that the artist was skilled at creating realistic portraits. If you're interested in learning more about the technique used in this image, you might want to look up "cross-hatching".
Ottavio Leoni (1578 – 4 September 1630) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the early-Baroque, active mainly in Rome.
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