1519
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Christ is a 1519 ink by Hans Baldung Grien, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a bearded man with long hair, standing barefoot in a landscape. He holds a globe with a cross on it, and a small child clings to his left arm. The background is full of swirling clouds and rough trees, giving it a dramatic, almost stormy feel. The artist used sharp lines to show the folds in the man’s robe and the texture of the trees. This was a common way to make prints back then. Next, look up woodcut to see how this technique works.
Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass…
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