Christ Carried to the Tomb
Cleveland Museum of Art

Christ Carried to the Tomb

Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688) · 1678

engraving
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The foreground figure was portrayed using swelled lines that terminate at the edge of the form, creating the optical illusion of contour lines.

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