1568
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Saint Jerome is a 1568 ink by Alessandro Vittoria, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man with long hair and a beard, hunched over like he’s in pain. His muscles and bones are drawn in fast, loose lines, with some areas shaded darker to show depth. The paper looks old, with faint red chalk marks underneath. The artist worked fast, layering different tools—ink, chalk, even a reed pen—to build up the image. The rough lines suggest movement, like the figure is struggling. Check out the technique: cross-hatching to see how this effect works.
Alessandro Vittoria (1525 – 27 May 1608) was an Italian Mannerist sculptor of the Venetian school, "one of the main representatives of the Venetian classical style" and rivalling Giambologna as the foremost sculptors of…
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