Lamentation of Christ

Title

Lamentation of Christ

Draughtsman

• Italian, 16th century

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk
• red chalk
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing
• chalk drawing
• squaring

Geographic Reference

• Italian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• design for a painting?

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Mary
• Mary Magdalene
• Mary of Cleophas
• Salome
• John the Evangelist
• Joseph of Arimathea
• Nicodemus

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,49

Primary

• 73D7212 Christ's body supported
• 73D714(+0) the empty cross(es) (+ variant)

Alternative Attribution

• Sebastiano del Piombo draughtsman; by note on mount
• Rosso Fiorentino circle; draughtsman; by note on mount
• Fontainebleau School ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Giovan Battista Benvenuti draughtsman; by note on mount