Marco Basaiti
(1470-1530)
Beweinung Christi,
um 1506
Material / Technology / Carrier
Kastanienholz
Dimensions of the object
124,1 x 91 cm
Displayed
Not on display
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.
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