Lamentation for Christ
Artist
Hans Baldung
(German, 1484/1485 - 1545)
CultureGerman
Dateca. 1515 - 1517
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 x 6 in. (20.6 x 15.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
InscribedMonogram "HGB" at lower right. On back of print - MMA stamp; MMA Duplicate stamp with initial and date "AHM" and "56" in pencil; "20.56.2" in pencil between stamps; "B VII 307.5" in pencil; "M 15196 Ers/N.-" in pencil; "Cyrjel 42" in pencil; small stamp within a rectangle "A.F.D."; stamp "J. Peoli." within a pallette shape. Inside of back mat: "Duplicate"; "Baldung B.5 Curjel 42 M.11.631.14"; "20.56.2 C"; impressed MMA stamp. On front mat: "Hans Baldung"; "Descent from the Cross Rogers Fund 1920" at bottom center and up left edge at top: "German Baldung C.42".
Credit LineGift of Captain and Mrs. Shirley Falcke
Object number56.49.4
Not on view
DescriptionThe Virgin holding the dead body of Christ after he has been taken down off of the crucifix. Mary Magdalen raises her arm's in grief and despair. John weeps over Christ's mutilated hand. Int he foreground are spikes and a pot, referring to Christ's crucifixion, deposition, and entombment. 
