1480
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Saint Margaret is a 1480 by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a faded, brownish rectangle inside a red border. The picture looks worn, with dark shapes and lines that seem to show a figure, maybe a saint, wrapped in robes. The edges are chipped, and the colors are dull—mostly browns, blacks, and a faded orange frame. This is a *paste print*, an old printing method where ink was pressed onto paper through a stencil. The rough, sketchy lines suggest it was made quickly, possibly as a cheap religious image for people to own. If you like this style, look up technique: chiaroscuro next—it’s a way of using light and shadow to give depth, which artists later used more carefully.
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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