The Lamentation, ca. 1470 – 1480

Title

The Lamentation

Painter

• Dutch Master around 1475

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Middle Ages

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on oak wood, reverse original, beveled on all sides

Material

• oak wood

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Unbezeichnet

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1895 as a gift by Josephine and Anton Brentano

Genre

• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• the Passion
• Life of the Virgin
• Jesus Christ
• Mary
• Saint John the Evangelist
• Mary Magdalene
• woman
• man
• group of people
• Golgotha

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Mary
• Mary Magdalene
• John the Evangelist

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,57-61
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,42-47
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,50-56
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,38-42

Primary

• 73D72(+2) the mourning over the dead Christ (+ Mary)
• 73D721 lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns)
• 73D72121 Christ's body supported by Mary, others present
• 11H(JOHN) the apostle John the Evangelist; possible attributes: book, cauldron, chalice with snake, eagle, palm, scroll
• 11HH(MARY MAGDALENE) the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge
• 73D58 the superscription: I(esus) N(azarenus) R(ex) I(udaeorum) ~ Christ's crucifixion

Secondary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 25H112 rocks
• 25H114 low hill country