1597
Pietà (The Christ of Caprarola)
Annibale CarracciItalian, 1560 - 1609
Annibale Carracci took advantage of an accidental effect in the background of this print: the ground lifted partly when the plate was soaked in acid, causing wavy foul biting lines. He burnished these undulations away in some areas but left the m in the sky, suggesting the eerie flickering of a storm.
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