1450
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Christ and the Woman of Samaria is a 1450 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows three figures standing outside a simple stone well. The person on the left, wearing a hooded robe, is holding a jug. The two others, dressed in bright red robes with green sleeves, stand close together, one holding a staff. The background has a few buildings with pointed roofs and a flat, striped sky. The bright red robes and the well suggest this scene might be about a meeting at a water source. The style looks like it was carved into wood and then colored by hand. Next, look up woodcut to see how this printing technique worked.
This 15th-century German artist carved vivid religious scenes into metal and wood, then hand-painted them in bright, symbolic colors.
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