Lamentation of Christ
Andrea Mantegna · 1483
The story
The Lamentation of Christ is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna. It portrays the body of Christ supine on a marble slab. He is watched over by the Virgin Mary, Saint John and St. Mary Magdalene weeping for his death. While the dating of the piece is debated, it was completed between 1475 and 1501, probably in the early 1480s. The painting is currently at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.
- Artist
- Andrea Mantegna
- Date
- 1483
- Collection
- Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy
- Movement
- Early Renaissance
- Medium
- tempera, canvas
- Size
- 68 × 81 cm
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