Lamentation of Christ, Bassano school of the seventeenth century
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Bassano school of the seventeenth century Deposition from the cross and Lamentation of Christ Oil on canvas (50 x 41 cm., Framed 63 x 55 cm.) Complete details of the painting directly on the following - link - The work in question depicts the dramatic episode, taken from the Gospel, which sees the lifeless body of Christ, just taken down from the Cross, lying on the ground awaiting burial. At her bedside the Virgin, in an image of concrete maternal suffering, fainted and supported by Mary of Cleopas, John the Apostle, standing behind them, covering his weeping face with his hands, and Mary Magdalene, humbly prostrate at his feet of Jesus, as he kisses his hand as a sign of pity