1615
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Lamentation is a 1615 by Orazio Borgianni, a Baroque work, depicting Lamentation of Christ, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a dead Christ laid on the ground. Around him, figures kneel in grief. Mary holds his head. John the Evangelist clutches his hand. Borgianni painted this in 1615, late in his life. He used sharp light and deep shadow to show sorrow. This trick is called chiaroscuro—it makes the scene feel real. Look up Orazio Borgianni (Italian, 1568–1616) next.
Orazio Borgianni (6 April 1574 – 14 January 1616) was an Italian painter and etcher of the Mannerist and early-Baroque periods.
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