1621
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Giuseppe Cesari is a 1621 ink by Ottavio Leoni, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with curly hair, a mustache, and a beard. He’s wearing a ruffled collar and a dark jacket with a chain visible at his neck. The background is plain, and the edges of the picture are shaped like an octagon. The artist used tiny lines to build up shadows and textures—this is called cross-hatching. It makes the face and clothes look detailed even though there’s no color. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists create depth with just lines.
Ottavio Leoni (1578 – 4 September 1630) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the early-Baroque, active mainly in Rome.
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