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Painting of the dead Christ on a cloth on rocky ground, mourned by haloed figures, with a cross and ladder on a hill behind.

Lamentation of Christ

A painted lamentation shows the dead Christ stretched across a white cloth on rocky ground, surrounded by grieving haloed figures and a kneeling older man. Behind them a tall cross and ladder stand on a hill above a river valley, with a town and distant mountains. Painted on panel in a Renaissance style.

Artist
attributed to Bernardino Zaganelli di Bosio
Date
1470-1520
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3567 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1520.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Lamentación de Cristo

Una pintura de la lamentación muestra a Cristo muerto tendido sobre un paño blanco en un suelo rocoso, rodeado de figuras dolientes con aureolas y de un hombre mayor arrodillado. Detrás, una cruz alta y una escalera se alzan sobre una colina sobre un valle con río, un pueblo y montañas lejanas. Pintada sobre tabla en estilo renacentista.

Português: Lamentação de Cristo

Uma pintura de lamentação mostra Cristo morto estendido sobre um pano branco em um chão rochoso, cercado por figuras enlutadas com auréolas e por um homem mais velho ajoelhado. Atrás, uma cruz alta e uma escada erguem-se sobre uma colina acima de um vale com rio, uma cidade e montanhas distantes. Pintada sobre painel em estilo renascentista.

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