1490
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Lamentation is a 1490 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a group of people around a cross. They are dressed in robes and are looking sad. There is a man on the ground, and a woman is kneeling next to him. The background is a simple landscape with hills and trees. The colors are muted, with shades of red, green, and yellow. The scene is a lamentation, which means it's a sad moment. The people are mourning someone who has died. The cross in the background suggests that the person who died was important. The artist who made this painting is German 15th Century.
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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