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Lamentation over the dead Christ

Relief
3rd quarter 15th century (cast)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Ferrara (made)

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).

Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Christianity
Religion
Object type
Relief
TitleLamentation over the dead Christ (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze in low relief with traces of gilding
Bronze
Relief
Gilding
Brief description
Relief depicting Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Italy (Ferrara), third quarter of the fifteenth century.
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55.9cm
  • Width: 48.7cm
  • Weight: 32kg (Approximately )
  • Depth: 23mm (Depth of bottom edge )
  • Depth: 85mm (Overall depth (back of relief to Christ’s kneecap))
Style
Ferrarese
Object history
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.
Subjects depicted
Angels
Christ
Mary
Virgin
Summary
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).
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Sgarbi, Vittorio. Domenico di Paris e la scultura a Ferrara nel Quattrocento, 2006, pp. 82-83.
  • Büttner, Andreas (ed) Wettstreit der Künste: Malerei und Skulptur von Dürer bis Daumier, Wolfratshausen : Edition Minerva, 2002 p. 288, cat. 84
  • Mazzotta, Antonio and Salsi, Claudio (eds). Vesperbild: alle origini delle Pietà di Michelangelo. Exhibition Catalogue, Milan, Castello Sforzesco (Milan: Officina Libraria, 2018), pp. 84-85, p. 132 (cat. 15)
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
5469-1859

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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