1465
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Christ Child with Three Angels is a 1465 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a simple scene with a baby in the center, sitting on a low platform. Around the baby are three small, winged figures with smiling faces. The background is mostly plain, with a few green leaves and a small tree on the left. The colors are flat—mostly green, yellow, and a soft red—with black outlines. The baby and angels look like they’re made from woodcut blocks, which means the artist carved shapes into wood and then colored them by hand. This style was common in Germany around 1460. If you like this, check out more about woodcut.
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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