English artist Richard Earlom was a master mezzotinter, practicing the craft of printmaking from steel or copper plates after roughening some areas for darkening and smoothing other spots for lightening the image. The artist here uses this medium that allows for gradations of light and shade for his rendering of the lovely spouse of painter Peter Paul Rubens.
The Wife of Peter Paul Rubens, Helena Fourment, c.1776, EngravingRichard Earlom British (1743 - 1822) |
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English artist Richard Earlom was a master mezzotinter, practicing the craft of printmaking from steel or copper plates after roughening some areas for darkening and smoothing other spots for lightening the image. The artist here uses this medium that allows for gradations of light and shade for his rendering of the lovely spouse of painter Peter Paul Rubens. |
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