Lamentation of Christ

Title

Lamentation of Christ

Draughtsman

• Matteo Rosselli

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• chalk?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Florentine

Production Reason

• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarzbraun): Roselli

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet oben links (mit der Feder): Roselli

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1908

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament

Primary

• 73D721 lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns)
• 73D714(+0) the empty cross(es) (+ variant)