Sir Thomas Overbury
1850
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
About the artist
1850
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Sir Thomas Overbury is a 1850 by Unknown 19th Century, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man in old-fashioned clothes. He’s wearing a ruff collar and a long coat, holding a piece of paper in one hand. Above his head is a fancy coat of arms with a shield and scrolls. The edges of the print have decorative borders, and there’s text around the image—some looks like a poem. The print was made from an earlier drawing, so it’s not a painting but a copied version. The lines are sharp, and the shading gives the face a three-dimensional look. Check out chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and shadow like this.
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