Letter A
1630
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
26.3 × 21.4 cm (10 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
127646
Art Historical Context
**Letter A** *Peter Aubry, 1630* Engraving on paper,26.3 × 21.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings Department Step into the intricate world of 17th printmaking with Peter Aubry's *Letter A* (1630), a delicate engraving on paper that captures the elegance of early Baroque ornamentation. Created during a time when engraving flourished in Europe as a precise intaglio technique—incising designs into metal plates for richly detailed impressions—this modest sheet (10 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.) exemplifies how artists like Aubry elevated the alphabet into art. Titled simply "Letter A," ...