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Painting of mourners tending the dead body of Christ on the ground, with a crucifixion on a hill and soldiers on horseback in the background.

The Lamentation of Christ

A painted scene of Christ's body laid on the ground, attended by mourning women and men in red, green and gold robes. Behind them, on a hill, Christ is crucified between two others while mounted soldiers and onlookers gather below the sky.

Artist
attributed to Cornelis Cornelisz II Buys
Date
1530-1540
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3357 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1540.
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

The Life of Christ16th centurynetherlandish paintingreligious artoil on panelbiblical scenerenaissance paintingcrucifixiondepositionmourning womenlamentation of christsoldiers on horseback

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