1650
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Henri Du Plessis is a 1650 ink by Robert Nanteuil, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with curly hair and a high collar. His face is serious, and he’s wearing a lace cuff at his wrist. The background is simple, with a dark oval framing his head and some light shading around it. The artist used tiny lines to build up shadows and texture—this is called cross-hatching. It makes the hair and clothes look detailed even though there’s no color. Check out how cross-hatching works in other prints next.
Robert Nanteuil (French pronunciation: ; 1623 – 9 December 1678) was a French portrait artist: engraver, draughtsman and pastellist to the court of Louis XIV.
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