1509
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Lamentation is a 1509 ink by Lucas Cranach the Elder, a Renaissance work, depicting Lamentation of Christ, held at National Gallery of Art.
A crowd kneels around Jesus on the ground. Mary holds his head in her lap. John the Evangelist stands behind her with hands raised. This is a woodcut—a print made by carving into wood, then inking and pressing. Cranach used fine lines to show folds of cloth and grief on every face. Look for the same artist’s later work at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving.
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