The Lamentation
The Met
Artist: Ludovico Carracci(Italian, Bologna 1555–1619 Bologna)
Date: ca. 1582
Department: European Paintings
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 37 1/2 x 68 in. (95.3 x 172.7 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace and The Annenberg Foundation Gifts; Harris Brisbane Dick, Rogers, and Gwynne Andrews Funds; Pat and John Rosenwald, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch, and Jon and Barbara Landau Gifts; Gift of Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family; and Victor Wilbour Memorial, Marquand, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment, and Charles B. Curtis Funds, 2000
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A deceased man with a crown of thorns supported by four figures on a white shroud
Detailed Description
The painting depicts five figures arranged horizontally against a dark, indistinct background. In the center, a pale, muscular, deceased man lies on a white shroud, his head to the left and feet to the right. He has curly brown hair and a crown of thorns on his head. A wound is visible on his right side, and his hands show marks. A light brown cloth covers his lower body. To the left of the deceased, a woman in a pink dress and blue mantle supports his upper body, her head tilted back with closed eyes and a pale face. Further to the left, another woman with long reddish-brown hair looks down at the deceased's left hand, which she holds. She wears a dark, possibly blue, garment. To the right of the central woman, a third woman with reddish-brown hair looks down, her brow furrowed. She wears a yellow garment. On the far right, a young man with short, curly brown hair, dressed in a dark green tunic with a white collar, holds up a section of the white shroud near the deceased's feet. He looks down. The background is a dark reddish-brown, with hints of darker foliage on the upper left. The white shroud beneath the figures is heavily draped and wrinkled.
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