Lamentation of Christ
- Artist
- Carlo Crivelli
- Date
- 1473
- Style
- Early renaissance
- Genre
- Religious painting
Carlo Crivelli's Lamentation of Christ is a striking example of Religious painting from the Early renaissance. Painted primarily in tempera on wood, the work reflects Crivelli's conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility with intricate details and vivid colors. The composition vividly captures the sorrowful moment after Christ's death, emphasizing emotional intensity and spiritual reflection. His distinctive style, developed in the March of Ancona after leaving the Veneto, contrasts with contemporary artists like Bellini, showcasing Crivelli’s unique blend of Gothic richness and Renaissance innovation.
Related artworks
- Pogreb U Sićevu by Nadezda Petrovic
- Mary Magdalene by Carlo Crivelli
- No. 7 by Aubrey Beardsley
- Studies for the Death of Empedokles by Salvator Rosa
- St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata by Peter Paul Rubens
- Bearing of the Cross with St. Veronica (detail) by Lucas van Leyden
- The Fight by James Ensor
- Sisyphus by Franz Stuck
- Untitled by Dan Flavin
- Martyr on a circus ring by Fyodor Bronnikov