Die Ermordung des Moabiter-Königs Eglon durch Ehud

Gabriel Angler created this work around 1445, now in Berlin's Gemäldegalerie. The painting reflects the artistic culture of the Early Renaissance, when European painters were developing increasingly naturalistic approaches to representation through the study of perspective and natural observation. Such works served as essential elements of fifteenth-century devotional practice, bridging the spiritual and material worlds through carefully crafted visual imagery.

The panel demonstrates the refined technique of Italian tempera painting, with careful attention to the modulation of light and shadow across drapery folds and the systematic construction of spatial depth.