The Lamentation of Christ
around 1519/20 | Andrea d'Agnolo gen. del Sarto
The painting is in line with the works of the High Renaissance in its symmetrical arrangement. Yet it has a quite different character on account of the intensified expression and the psychological depiction of the figures in which choice and treatment of colour play a key role. The contrasting tones of yellow-green, pale pink and orange reflect the mental predicament and agitation of the participants who draw the viewer into their lamentation by the close-up depiction.
The painting is in line with the works of the High Renaissance in its symmetrical arrangement. Yet it has a quite different character on account of the intensified expression and the psychological depiction of the figures in which choice and treatment of colour play a key role. The contrasting tones of yellow-green, pale pink and orange reflect the mental predicament and agitation of the participants who draw the viewer into their lamentation by the close-up depiction.
Artist:
Andrea d'Agnolo gen. del Sarto (1486 Florenz - 1530) DNB
Time:
around 1519/20
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, middle Italian
Material/technology:
Poplar wood
Dimensions:
seitlich etwas beschnitten: Overall: 99 cm × 120 cm
Framed: 124,2 cm × 146,8 cm × 9,7 cm
Signed
Inscribed at lower right: AND.SAR.FLO.FAB.
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 201
Provenance
1568 by Vasari in the room of Angelo Aretino in SS. Annunziata in Florence; 1622 Hotel Villeroy, Paris; 1624-1648 Coll. Buckingham; acquired 1649; 1685 in Prague documented; 1733 in the gallery in Vienna