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The Lamentation of Christ, ca. 1515 - ca. 1520

  • oil paint, panel
  • 71.5 x 39.9 cm
  • Inv. 1904-D

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The Lamentation by Cornelis Engebrechtz. Van Leyden simultaneously depicts various episodes from Christ’s Passion. In the background we see the deposition from the Cross on Mount Golgotha and the soldiers and crowd returning to Jerusalem; in the foreground Christ’s lifeless body lies at his mother’s feet. John supports Christ’s head while Mary Magdalens and two holy women kneel next to the corpse. Next to Christ lie the symbols of the Passion, the crown of thorns and the nails with which he was crucified. Van Engebrechtsz. Van Leyden is mainly known for his narrative scenes from the Bible. This painting was probably the central panel of a triptych and comes from the Dominican monastery in Ghent. The rich garments, the decorative folds of the drapery and the representation of space in successive planes is typical of late gothic painting in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

Artist

Cornelis Engebrechtsz. RKD
Leyden 1461 - 1463 - Leyden 1527 - 1533
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Title The Lamentation of Christ
Date ca. 1515 - ca. 1520
Period 16th century
Location Northern Netherlands
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1904-D
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
Ghent
1904
Current whereabouts Work on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/123/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11D Christ Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass
11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass
11F25 'Mater Dolorosa' Iconclass
11H saints Iconclass
11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST) John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass
11HH female saints Iconclass
11HH(MARY KLEOPHAS) Mary Kleophas, sister of the Virgin Mary, mother of James the Less ('Maria Jacobi'); possible attributes: jar of ointment Iconclass
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 Iconclass
11HH(MARY SALOME) Mary Salome, sister of the Virgin and mother of James the Great and John the Evangelist, also one of the midwives; possible attributes: jar of ointment Iconclass
11Q751 (public) prayer Iconclass
25G1 plants (in general) Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H113 (high) hill Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
25I1411 lane, alley Iconclass
31B6214 weeping Iconclass
31B62141 tears Iconclass
41A housing Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A14 urban housing Iconclass
41D221 head-gear Iconclass
41D26511 gold-thread embroidery Iconclass
41D266 ornaments, jewels Iconclass
45D313 private soldier Iconclass
46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass
56BB1 Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) Iconclass
61E(JERUSALEM) names of cities and villages (JERUSALEM) Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass
73D Passion of Christ Iconclass
73D6 the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha (Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38) Iconclass
73D612 the cross(es) in the background Iconclass
73D6712 loin-cloth ~ particularities of crucifixion scenes Iconclass
73D72 the mourning over the dead Christ Iconclass
73D721 lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns) Iconclass
73D82(CROWN OF THORNS) crown of thorns ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass
73D82(NAILS) nails ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass
School / Style Early Netherlandish AAT
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