1472
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Last Agony of the Dying Man is a 1472 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a chaotic scene of people and monsters. Figures with sharp, angular faces crowd around a dying man on the left. Some hold banners with words, while others look upward or struggle on the ground. The colors are faded but still show green, brown, and beige tones. The dying man’s face is calm, even as demons drag him toward hell. This style was used in religious art to warn people about sin and the afterlife. Look up woodcut to see how artists made prints like this before photography.
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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