Lamentation over the dead Christ
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- Date:
3rd quarter 15th century (cast)
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- Materials and Techniques:
Bronze in low relief with traces of gilding
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This panel relief, representing the Lamentation over the Dead Christ, was formerly ascribed to the Paduan Giovanni Minelli (b. ca. 1460; d. after 1527), but is now thought to have been made at Ferrara.
The relief formed the door of a tabernacle. The style and figure types relate closely to works produced at Ferrara in the circle of Niccolo Baroncelli (d. 1453).
Physical description
In the centre is the seated Virgin, wearing a short veil and mantle, gazing downwards to her right at the body of the dead Christ, which is supported on her knees. Her right hand supports the right shoulder of Christ, and her left rests on his waist.
Place of Origin
Ferrara, Italy (made)
Date
3rd quarter 15th century (cast)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Bronze in low relief with traces of gilding
Dimensions
Height: 55.9 cm, Width: 48.7 cm
Object history note
The relief formed the door of a tabernacle. The style and figure types relate closely to works produced at Ferrara in the circle of Niccolo Baroncelli (d. 1453).
Aquired in London.
Descriptive line
Relief depicting Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Italy (Ferrara), third quarter of the fifteenth century.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1859. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 39
Maclagan, Eric and Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. Text. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1932, p. 99
Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Volume I: Text. Eighth to Fifteenth Century. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, p. 313
Raggio, Olga. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Art Bulletin. Vol. L, 1968, p. 101
Exhibition History
Wettstreit der Künste: Malerei und Skulptur von Dürer bis Daumier. (Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne 25/05/2002-25/08/2002)
Wettstreit der Künste: Malerei und Skulptur von Dürer bis Daumier. (Haus der Kunst 01/02/2002-05/05/2002)
Materials
Bronze
Techniques
Gilding; Relief
Subjects depicted
Mary (Virgin Mary); Angels; Christ; Mary
Categories
Sculpture; Religion; Christianity
Collection code
SCP
