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The lamentation over the dead Christ

The lamentation over the dead Christ
 (c. 1585-1586)

Medium
oil on wood panel
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1966
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Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
88.0 × 102.0 cm
Accession Number
1664-5
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1966
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
corpses (bodies) crucifixions deaths grief Jesus Christ (Christian character) Lamentation of Christ (New Testament narrative) mourners Passion of Christ (New Testament narrative)
Movements
Renaissance

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