The Lamentation of Christ
1649/56, Artist: Gaspar de Crayer
The Lamentation of Christ
In the spirit of the Counter-Reformation, the suffering of Christ and the spiritual agony of Mary in this large-scale figured Pietà are presented to viewers so powerfully that they can both understand and feel it as a direct experience. From the intense mood of this devotional picture we can deduce that van Dyck was the model for the artist.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Dated
1649/56
Artist
Gaspar de Crayer (1584 Antwerpen - 1669 Gent) - GND
Material
Canvas
Dimensions
208 cm × 266 cm
Framed: 247,5 cm × 305 cm × 11 cm
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 801
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm
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