So here we have a drawing done in India ink on watercolor paper. Or if in you’re in Indian, then just ink. I believe India ink was invented in China. So many things were invented in China that we have to pretend like some of them were invented elsewhere. Like gun powder in Germany or Chinese food in America.
Moving forward, the above drawing is copy from one done by Pietro Faccini. He drew his with black chalk on gray paper. The work is in the Teyler Museum located in Haarlem, Netherlands. The Teylers museum includes not just art but it is also a museum of natural history and science. So you might have to wade through a lot of smarty pants stuff to get to the Faccini drawings. I’m sure there is another person writing about the fact that you have to walk by some artsy fartsy nonsense to get to the cool scientific stuff. The Teylers Museum was founded as a contemporary science and art center. There is a oval room in the neoclassical style behind the home of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst that is the historic center of the museum. Pieter Teyler made his money in the cloth business and was a banker as well. His ancestors were from Scotland and he was a follower of the Scottish Enlightenment. Yes, apparently there was a ‘Scottish Enlightenment’. He was also a Mennonite. I didn’t know what a Mennonite is so I had to research it. After my rather short time researching Mennonites, I still have very little idea what a Mennonite is. Apparently they are similar to the Amish but with better fashion sense.
“[Mennonite’s] are similar to the Amish but with better fashion sense.”
I really should mention something about Pietro Faccini. Faccini was influenced by Barocci, Corregio and Carracci. He worked in a very expressive style that bridged the gap between Mannerism and Baroque. He studied art at the Carracci Academy in Bologna, Italy for four years before opening up his own studio. Unfortunately, his career in painting only lasted 10 years before he died in the year of 1602.
Here is a link to the Teyler Museum, Haarlem which houses the original drawing by Pietro Faccini. I couldn’t find the actual drawing on the website but maybe you can.