Lamentation of Christ (Matsys)

Lamentation of Christ
ArtistQuentin Matsys[1]
Year1511[2]
LocationAntwerp Cathedral, Antwerp

Lamentation of Christ is a 1511 painting created by the Flemish artist Quentin Matsys for the carpenters' guild in Antwerp Cathedral, where it still hangs.[3]

The work is a triptych, with a central panel showing the Lamentation and side panels show the martyrdom of John the Evangelist and Salome presenting John the Baptist's head to Herod - the two Johns are the two patron saints of carpenters.[4]

References

  1. ^ Els Maréchal; Leen de Jong (1990). The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp. Crédit Communal.
  2. ^ Patrick de Rynck (7 December 2004). How to read a painting: lessons from the old masters. H.N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-5576-9.
  3. ^ "Massys, Quinten". Museo Nacional del Prado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  4. ^ Rynck, Patrick de (2005). Cómo leer la pintura : entender y disfrutar los grandes maestros, de Duccio a Goya (in Spanish). Beltrán, Jordi. Barcelona: Random House Mondadari. pp. 118–119. ISBN 8481563889. OCLC 62207052.


Stub icon

This article about a sixteenth-century painting is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.