Lamentation of Christ,

um 1506

Material / Technology / Carrier

Kastanienholz

Dimensions of the object

124,1 x 91 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

Italian Painting

Genre

Painting

Inventory number

WAF 48

Acquisition

1839 aus der Sammlung Craglietto in Venedig erworben – seit 1923 Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Marco Basaiti, Beweinung Christi, um 1506, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/0vxonMp42V (Last updated on 15.07.2024)

The Venetian painter Marco Basaiti (born c. 1470), who probably trained in the workshop of Bartolomeo and Alvise Vivarini before orienting himself more to the art of Giovanni Bellini, developed an idiosyncratic pictorial language of remarkable expressiveness in the first decade of the 16th century. This devotional painting, with its motifs reminiscent of northern Alpine panel painting and prints, is among his most striking creations. Basaiti sets the poignant scene of the Lamentation in a sweeping landscape whose careful rendering offered contemporary viewers a variety of visual stimuli for contemplating the Passion of Christ.