1475
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Mass of Saint Gregory is a 1475 ink by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image is a rough, blocky scene with bold colors. A priest in a tall hat raises his arms over a crowd of people. One figure kneels in the front, hands clasped in prayer. Behind them, a small window shows a person in a red robe, arms outstretched. The colors are flat—greens, browns, and yellows—with sharp black lines defining the shapes. The artist used woodcut, a printing method where the design is carved into wood. This made the image easy to copy and spread, which was common in the 1400s. Look up woodcut to see how this technique worked.
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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