1627
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Robert Bolton is a 1627 ink by John Payne, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of an older man with a long white beard and mustache. He’s wearing a dark, high-collared robe with a white lace trim at the neck. The background is plain, and the image looks like it was scratched into the paper with fine lines. The text below says he was a minister in Northamptonshire, England. The style is very detailed, with lots of tiny lines to show shadows and texture—this is called cross-hatching. Next, check out technique: engraving, cross-hatching to see how artists create depth with lines.
John Payne (1607–1647) was an English engraver, who was one of the earliest exponents of the art of engraving in England. His best work was the finest produced by a native-born engraver working during the reign of Charles I.
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