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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Monogram JHS in a Flaming Circle is a 1500 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, depicting Latin Cross, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small woodcut shows a red circle with a flaming border. Inside sits a three-letter monogram in green and yellow. The letters read J-H-S. The colors pop against the plain background. Hand-colored prints like this were rare and pricey back then. People paid extra to own something fancy yet small. This kind of work often decorated religious books. Try looking up woodcut next time you visit the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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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