1480
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Christ Carrying the Cross is a 1480 by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a faded, brownish print with a blurry scene of a robed figure carrying a cross. The background is packed with tiny, messy lines and shapes, like a crowded forest or rocky path. The paper is old and yellowed, with handwritten text around the edges. The print is a simple woodcut, where the artist carved shapes into wood and pressed it onto paper. This kind of image was cheap to make and easy to share back then. Look up Renaissance next to see how this style changed art.
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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