1586
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Henry III of France is a 1586 ink by Hieronymus Wierix, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with a serious expression. His dark hair is pulled back, and he wears a tall, feathered hat with a decorative brooch. Underneath, he has a neatly trimmed beard and mustache. His collar is stiff and white, fastened with small buttons down the front of a dark, patterned garment. The artist used fine lines to show texture, especially in the fabric and hair. This kind of printmaking is called *engraving*. Look up *engraving* to see how artists create detailed images like this one.
Hieronymus Wierix (1553–1619) was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is known for his reproductive engravings after the work of well-known local and foreign artists including Albrecht Dürer. Together with…
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