1600
oil
panel
From the collection of Städel Museum
The Lamentation is a 1600 oil by Cornelis van Haarlem, a Early Baroque Italian work, depicting Jesus Christ, held at Städel Museum.
This painting shows a group of people gathered around a man lying on the ground. The man is shirtless, wearing a white cloth around his waist. He has a few wounds on his body, and his head is resting on another person's lap. The people around him are dressed in robes and headscarves, with some holding objects like a hammer or a container. In the background, there's a dark area that might be a cave or a building, with some trees and a blue sky visible in the distance. The overall mood of the painting seems somber and reflective. If you're interested in learning more about this style of painting, you might want to explore the technique of chiaroscuro.
Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (Dutch: ; 1562 – 11 November 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in the Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist.
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