Artwork
Head of an Aged Woman
Head of an Aged Woman is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Johann Friedrich Bause. It dates from 1765 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Head of an Aged Woman is a print created by Johann Friedrich Bause in 1765 using etching and roulette techniques on laid paper.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts an older woman's face, shrouded in a dark hood, with deep facial lines and a somber expression, set against a plain dark background.
Technique & Style
Bause employed etching, a printmaking method involving acid and metal plates, to reproduce a painting by Rembrandt, achieving a gritty, realistic effect enhanced by the rough texture of the paper.
Artist & collection
