Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints (Botticelli)
- Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints (Botticelli)
Infobox Painting|
title=Lamentation over the Dead Christ
artist=Sandro Botticelli
year=c. 1490-1495
type=Tempera on panel
height=107
width=71
museum=Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
The "Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints" is a painting of the "Lamentation of Christ" by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, dated between 1490-1495. It is housed in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli of Milan.
The composition is pyramidal, with tightly connected figures. At the same times, it evocates the shape of a cross, culminating in Joseph of Arimathea, who shows the crown of thorns and the nails.
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