A Turbaned Soldier on Horseback

A Turbaned Soldier on Horseback

ca. 1632

Dutch, 1606-1669

Etching is a medium in which the artist uses a metal stylus to scratch through a soft, waxy coating over a metal plate. Here the fluid line that suggests the forms of horse and rider shows how closely the etching process can mimic free-hand drawing.

Etching

3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (8.3 x 5.7 cm)

Manson F. Backus Memorial Collection

35.186

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

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