1480
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Christ as the Man of Sorrows is a 1480 ink by Netherlandish 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a man sitting on a rock with his hands folded. He has a red halo behind his head and a crown of thorns. His body is painted with simple lines and a few pink dots for wounds. Behind him, a cross stands with a bundle of sticks and a rope hanging from it. To the left, a small figure with wings and a snake is climbing up a pole. The image is made using a woodcut technique, where the design is carved into wood and then printed. This method was common in the 1400s. Look up woodcut to see how this printing process works.
These prints show Christ’s suffering in bold, hand-colored images from 15th-century Northern Europe.
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