Lamentation of Christ by the Virgin Mary and John
about 1614/15 | Peter Paul Rubens
In the late Middle Ages a number of pictorial types developed from the series of paintings depicting the Passion of Christ. They served as “devotional images” for personal piety. Here, on the other hand, the individual phases of the Passion – the crowning with thorns, the crucifixion, lamentation and entombment – are made comprehensible in a single painting. For the purposes of the Counter-Reformation, the realistically depicted details have an immediate appeal to the faithful viewer and awaken sympathy.
In the late Middle Ages a number of pictorial types developed from the series of paintings depicting the Passion of Christ. They served as “devotional images” for personal piety. Here, on the other hand, the individual phases of the Passion – the crowning with thorns, the crucifixion, lamentation and entombment – are made comprehensible in a single painting. For the purposes of the Counter-Reformation, the realistically depicted details have an immediate appeal to the faithful viewer and awaken sympathy.
Artist:
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
about 1614/15
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
auf beiden Seiten (rechts stärker) beschnitten: Overall: 107,5 x 115,5 cm
Framed: 122,2 cm × 139,6 cm × 8,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 529
Provenance
1730 documented in the gallery
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