Marcus Curtius

About this work

This black-and-white engraving shows a man in a wide-brimmed hat, holding a baby in one arm and a scroll in the other. His face is serious, and his curly hair and beard are drawn with tight lines. The background is mostly empty, with a few faint shapes that look like a building or curtain behind him. The artist used small, repeated lines to build up shadows and textures—this is called cross-hatching. The signature at the bottom reads *Master IB 1529*, showing this was made over 500 years ago. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how this technique works in other prints.