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Lamentation by Giotto, 1305. The Lamentation of Christ [1] is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque. [2] After Jesus was crucified, his body was removed from the cross and his friends mourned over his body. This event has been depicted by many different artists.
Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ) is a fresco painted c.1305 by the Italian artist Giotto as part of his cycle of the Life of Christ on the interior walls of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy. [1] The Scrovegni Chapel was built as a private chapel next to the Eremitani Monastery by the wealthy Scrovegni family and consecrated in 1305.
The work shows the common Lamentation of Christ theme, with Jesus depicted immediately after his deposition from the cross, surrounded by the people who loved him in life. They include John, who supports a Virgin Mary shattered by pain, Mary Magdalene crying at Jesus' feet and, in the background, Nicodemus with the pincer he used to remove ...
The Lamentation of Christ by circle of Rubens (Alte Pinakothek) Lament over the Dead Christ (Veronese) The Lamentation of Christ (Anthony van Dyck, Alte Pinakothek) Lamentation (Annibale Carracci) Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ) Lamentation of Christ (Dürer, Nuremberg) Lamentation of Christ (Bouts) Life of Christ (Giotto)
The Lamentation of Christ is a topic in Christian religious art, especially popular in the High Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods, which depicts the moment of mourning following the Crucifixion and lowering of Christ's body from the cross. Mantegna's variant includes some aspects commonly associated with the scene, including the ...
The painting shows the dead Jesus, held by Joseph of Arimathea and surrounded by the Pious Women, including an aged and distraught Mary.In the right part are three standing characters depicted on a diagonal line: from top, St. John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalene, and Nicodemus, the last two holding vases which contained balms used to prepare the corpse for the burial.
Lamentation of Christ was a popular Renaissance subject matter which allowed artists to capture the highly pious and emotional moment when the body of Jesus had been taken off the cross. The 1538 composition is one of several lamentation paintings completed by Cranach the Elder and his studio during the early decades of the 16th century. [6]
The Lamentation of Christ is part of the cycle of the Life of Christ. After Jesus was crucified his remains were removed from the cross and his friends mourned over his body. One specific type of Lamentation depicts the Virgin Mary cradling the body of Christ; popularly known as the Pietà (Italian for "pity").