1762
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Hirsch Michel is a 1762 ink by Georg Friedrich Schmidt, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of an older man with a big, curly wig and a long coat. His face is wrinkled, and he’s holding a hat in his hands. The lines in the print are rough and textured, giving it a grainy look. The artist used a technique called drypoint to create the deep, scratchy lines. This made the image look almost like a sketch, but with more detail. Check out etching to see how artists like this one make prints.
Georg Friedrich Schmidt was a German engraver, etcher and pastel painter, in the Rococo style.
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