The Lamentation of Christ
1599 | Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli
Joseph of Arithmea, a rich man and disciple of Jesus, requested the crucified body from the Roman governor. Accompanied by Mary, he took Christ’s corpse and “wrapped him in pure linen and placed him in his new grave which he had had hewn in a rock”. The crown of thorns and the tools of suffering in the angels’ hands remind us of various moments in Christ’s Passion. Cigoli’s work represents the complex stylistic cross-currents in the period of transition from Manierism to Baroque.
Joseph of Arithmea, a rich man and disciple of Jesus, requested the crucified body from the Roman governor. Accompanied by Mary, he took Christ’s corpse and “wrapped him in pure linen and placed him in his new grave which he had had hewn in a rock”. The crown of thorns and the tools of suffering in the angels’ hands remind us of various moments in Christ’s Passion. Cigoli’s work represents the complex stylistic cross-currents in the period of transition from Manierism to Baroque.
Artist:
Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli (1559 Castelveccio di Cigoli bei Empoli - 1613 Rom) DNB
Time:
1599
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Florentine
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
193,5 cm × 144,5 cm
Framed: 217 cm × 168 cm × 7 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 204
Provenance
Coll. Grand Duke Florence; 1792 by trade from Florence to Vienna
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