1485
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Lamentation is a 1485 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, depicting Lamentation of Christ, held at National Gallery of Art.
This woodcut shows a crowded scene around Jesus after he was taken off the cross. People bend over his body with grief. Mary holds his head while others look on. The artist used bright colors layered over the print. Red dye, known as red-lake, pops against the dark brown background. The colors were added by hand, so each copy looks a little different. This isn’t a painting—it’s a woodcut, a kind of print made by carving a block of wood. Try looking up woodcut at the National Gallery of Art, Washington to see how it’s done.
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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