Jules Fonteyne, Belgium. Etching depicting a baptism scene.

Doop

Doop ("Baptism") takes on one of the oldest subjects in Christian religious art, rendered in etching -- a technique whose fine, controllable line has long suited devotional and narrative scenes requiring precise figural grouping.

Fonteyne's etchings within this collection (Doop and Dansers) show a printmaker equally at home with solemn religious subject matter and with lighter genre scenes.

Title: Doop Artist: Jules Fonteyne Medium: Etching Dimensions: to be confirmed Style: Belgian Religious Printmaking Themes: Baptism - Religious Genre - Etching