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The Lamentation with Saints

Alvise dal Friso

1580

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Renaissance Renaissance lamentation of christ

Dominant colour

The Lamentation with Saints is a 1580 ink by Alvise dal Friso, a Renaissance work, depicting lamentation of christ, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Alvise dal Friso
When & what style?: 1580 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This drawing shows a group of people mourning over a dead man wrapped in cloth. The artist uses fine lines to shade the folds of cloth and faces. The kneeling figures wear simple robes in soft browns. The artist was trained in Venice, a city known for its busy art workshops. He often drew scenes like this for religious books or prints. The paper shows a watermark—an anchor—common in Italian papers of the time. If you like the sharp lines here, try Alvise dal Friso’s work at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.