The Lamentation of Christ
1649/56 | Gaspar de Crayer
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.
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.
Artist:
Gaspar de Crayer (1584 Antwerpen - 1669 Gent) DNB
Time:
1649/56
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
208 cm × 266 cm
Framed: 247,5 cm × 305 cm × 11 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 801
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm