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Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John by Augsburg 15th Century, Hans Burgkmair I

http://www.nga.gov/artworks/140112-christ-cross-virgin-and-saint-john

The ability to print and circulate images in multiple colors is a central aspect of modern civilization, important for the spread of knowledge as well as for aesthetic enjoyment. The original development of multicolor printing was carried out in the late fifteenth century by the German printer Erhard Ratdolt, one of the greatest innovators in the history of graphic art, who worked in Venice and Augsburg.
woodcut was printed from one woodblock in black and then frequently colored by hand

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Portrait of a Woman Aged Sixty by Frans Hals

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/74-portrait-woman-aged-sixty

The strength and vitality of the people who helped establish the new Dutch Republic are nowhere better captured than in the work of Frans Hals, who was the preeminent portrait painter in Haarlem, the most important artistic center of Holland in the early part of the seventeenth century. This unidentified sitter—one of Hals’ most impressive portraits—was sixty years old when the painting was made, according to the artist’s inscription.
She holds a small brown leather book tooled with gold ornament in her right hand,

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