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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Saint Anne, The Madonna and Child, and a Franciscan Monk is a 1500 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a woman sitting on a throne, wearing a red cloak and a crown of spikes. She's holding a baby, who is also wearing a crown of spikes. A woman in a pink dress is kneeling beside them, and a man in a brown robe is kneeling on the other side. The background is a light color, and there are some decorative designs around the edges. The woman in the red cloak is the main focus of the painting. She's looking down at the baby, who is looking up at her. The woman in the pink dress is looking up at the woman in the red cloak, and the man in the brown robe is looking down at the ground. This painting is an example of a woodcut, a technique used by artists in the Renaissance period.
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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