{"id":42455,"date":"2020-10-28T10:27:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=42455"},"modified":"2020-10-28T15:19:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T19:19:05","slug":"a-noir-drawing-brings-the-15th-century-into-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/10\/a-noir-drawing-brings-the-15th-century-into-the-light.html","title":{"rendered":"A &#8216;Noir&#8217; Drawing Brings the 16th Century into the Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span><i style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Hans Baldung Grien (Albrecht D\u00fcrer&#8217;s favorite pupil) was a master engraver as well as draftsman and painter.  His portrait of a <\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\"><i>bearded<\/i><\/span><i style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/i><\/span><strong><em>old man is the subject of Gerard Bellaart\u2019s &#8216;noir&#8217; drawing, which embeds the Grien portrait at its center.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42500\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/baldung-grein-selfie-365x472-enh\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BALDUNG-GREIN-SELFIE-365X472-enh.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"365,472\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Engraved self-portrait by Hans Baldung Grein (15th century)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BALDUNG-GREIN-SELFIE-365X472-enh.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BALDUNG-GREIN-SELFIE-365X472-enh.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42500\" width=\"343\" height=\"444\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BALDUNG-GREIN-SELFIE-365X472-enh.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BALDUNG-GREIN-SELFIE-365X472-enh-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/asset\/head-of-a-bearded-old-man-saturn-1516\/OQET2WSv8PVICQ\">Hans Baldung Grien&#8217;s drawiing<\/a><br>(1516).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a-bellaart-noir-in-the-manner-of-baldung-grien--rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/a-bellaart-noir-redons-term-in-the-manner-of-baldung-grien-354x472\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a-bellaart-noir-Redons-term-in-the-manner-of-baldung-grien-354x472-1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"354,472\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1603801004&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a bellaart &amp;#8216;noir&amp;#8217; (Redon&amp;#8217;s term) &amp;#8216;in the manner of&amp;#8217; baldung grien (354&amp;#215;472)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a-bellaart-noir-Redons-term-in-the-manner-of-baldung-grien-354x472-1.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a-bellaart-noir-Redons-term-in-the-manner-of-baldung-grien-354x472-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42480\" width=\"332\" height=\"444\" title=\"CLICK TO ENLARGE.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a-bellaart-noir-Redons-term-in-the-manner-of-baldung-grien-354x472-1.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a-bellaart-noir-Redons-term-in-the-manner-of-baldung-grien-354x472-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Gerard Bellaart&#8217;s &#8216;noir&#8217; drawn from memory of the Grien portrait. (2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hans Badung Grien (Albrecht Durer&#8217;s   favorite pupil) was a master engraver as well as draftsman and painter.  His drawing of a bearded old man is the subject of Gerard Bellaart\u2019s &#8216;noir&#8217; drawing, which embeds the Grien portrait from memory at its center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,4,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-main","9":"category-news","10":"category-political-culture","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BALDUNG-GREIN-SELFIE-365X472-enh.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-b2L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42455"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42545,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42455\/revisions\/42545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}