Lamentation of Christ

Andrea Mantegna

c. 1480

The Lamentation of Christ is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna. It portrays the body of Christ supine on a marble slab. He is watched over by the Virgin Mary, Saint John and St. Mary Magdalene weeping for his death.

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