1470
paint
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Entombment is a 1470 paint by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small panel shows a crowded, emotional scene inside a tomb. Five figures—three standing, two lying—cluster around a body wrapped in cloth. The colors are flat and bright: green halos, yellow borders, and red-brown robes. The background looks like rough stone walls, and the figures have simple, stylized faces with big eyes. The artist used sharp lines and bold colors to tell a story, not realistic details. The hand-colored metalcut looks almost like a woodcut but with metal tools instead. Next, look up the technique: chiaroscuro to see how light and shadow create drama.
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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