1490
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Entombment is a 1490 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a small group of figures gathered around a body wrapped in cloth. The colors are flat and bright—reds, blues, and yellows—with simple shapes for faces and clothes. One man kneels in the front, holding the cloth, while others stand behind him, looking down or toward the body. The scene looks like a moment from a religious story, where people prepare to bury someone. The style is rough, with bold lines and no soft shading, which makes it feel different from smooth paintings. If you like this style, look up woodcut to see how artists carved images into wood before printing them.
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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