1438
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Entombment is a 1438 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows two figures in a simple, blocky style. One is lying down, wrapped in a cloth, while the other stands beside them, holding their hand. The background has a yellow wall and a red, striped floor. Green grass sits at the bottom, and the whole scene looks flat and stylized. The artist used woodcut and hand-colored it with bright, flat colors like red, yellow, and green. This method was common in early printed art. Look up woodcut to see how this technique works.
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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