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In this lamentation scene, Saint John and Mary Magdalene mourn with the Virgin Mary over the crucified Christ.
Italian Renaissance aesethics of anatomical definition and idealized facial expression are combined with late gothic drapery patterning. A painted landscape, probably of the Cross on Golgotha, originally decorated the background.
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Title: Pietà (Lamentation)
Date: early 16th century
Culture: French
Medium: Wood, paint and gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 63 3/4 x 55 3/16 x 6in. (161.9 x 140.2 x 15.2cm)
Overall: 197lb. (89.4kg)
Classification: Sculpture-Wood
Credit Line: Gift of two Trustees, 1905
Accession Number: 05.21
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