1460
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Lamentation is a 1460 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, depicting Lamentation of Christ, held at National Gallery of Art.
This old print shows a crowded scene of grief. People bend over a dead man laid on the ground. Mary holds his head close to her chest. The figures wear simple robes in muted reds and greens. It’s a woodcut, which means the artist carved the image onto wood, then rolled on ink. Hand coloring adds soft shades to the print. This technique was common before photography. Look up the technique called woodcut next.
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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