King Ferdinand Meeting Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand Peter Paul Rubens, 1635
Sketch for The Lion Hunt Peter Paul Rubens, 1614 – 1615
The Large Piece of Turf Albrecht Dürer, 1503
The Three Soldiers Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568
A painting executed entirely in shades of grey, typically as a sketch or underpainting for a final, fully-colored work. Working in monochrome shades allowed artists to visualize the dimentional, almost sculptural forms within their compositions, before adding the complexity of full color.
