1475
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Saint Clare of Assisi is a 1475 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a tall, thin figure holding a small lantern with a cross on top. The person is dressed in a long robe with a hood, standing on a patch of green grass with white flowers. Their face is simple, with a calm expression and a golden halo around the head. The colors are flat and bright—pink background, green grass, gold details—and the lines are sharp, like they were carved before being colored. This style was common in books or prints back then. Look up woodcut to see how this kind of image was made.
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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