1826
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Praying Figures in a Church, Florence is a 1826 ink by Robert Walter Weir, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a group of people inside a dim church, kneeling and standing around a stone pedestal. The figures are drawn in loose, quick lines, with some wearing robes and others in simpler clothes. Light streams in from the right, casting shadows and making the scene feel quiet and serious. The artist used heavy ink strokes to create texture, especially in the robes and drapery. The sketch looks unfinished, like a study rather than a polished work. If you like this style, check out the technique: cross-hatching.
Robert Walter Weir (June 18, 1803 – May 1, 1889) was an American artist and educator and is considered a painter of the Hudson River School.
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