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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Crucifixion is a 1500 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a man nailed to a cross, his body bare except for a small cloth. Below him, two figures stand: one in a blue robe holding a staff, the other in green and orange robes, holding a spear and a flag. The background is simple, with a yellow sky and green grass at the bottom. The woodcut style means this was carved into wood, then colored by hand—notice how the lines are sharp and the colors flat. This was a way to make many copies of the same image back then. If you like this style, look up woodcut to see how artists carved and printed these images.
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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