1655
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Grotte de Meudon is a 1655 ink by Israël Silvestre, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This picture shows a small building by a lake. It looks like a temple with columns and a tower on top. Trees surround it, and two people stand near the water’s edge. The whole scene is drawn in black lines on light paper. The text below jokes that this isn’t just a cave—it’s a fancy spot for art. The artist used a method where ink is scratched into metal plates. Check out etching to see how this kind of drawing works.
Israel Silvestre (13 August 1621 in Nancy – 11 October 1691 in Paris), called the Younger to distinguish him from his father, was a prolific French draftsman, etcher and print dealer who specialized in topographical views and perspectives of famous buildings.
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