Saint Onuphrius
1460
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1460
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This image shows a bearded man standing in a forest. He’s holding a branch with green leaves and red berries. Behind him, a tree trunk is marked with a cross. The colors are flat—green for leaves, brown for his robe, and a pale background. The cross on the tree might mean this is a holy figure. The artist used woodcut, a printing method where images are carved into wood and then inked. Look up woodcut to see how this technique works.
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