Episodes from the Life of Christ: Lamentation

probably 18th or 19th century

Northern Italian 18th or 19th Century

The image shows several people gathered closely together in an oval composition. The central figure is lying down with their body partially raised and held by others. Around them are people in various seated and kneeling positions, all adorned with halos. The figures have serene expressions and are dressed in long, draped garments. One figure points upwards, and another has their hands placed on the central figure. In the background, there are three crosses. The image is drawn in a monochromatic style within an oval frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    nielloed silver

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    oval: 6.4 × 7.8 cm (2 1/2 × 3 1/16 in.)
    engraved composition: 6.1 × 7.5 cm (2 3/8 × 2 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1961.9.167

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Collection of Leopoldo Cicognara [1767-1834], Venice;[1] Enrico Conti, Milan, before 1917(?); Trivulzio collection, Milan, after 1917; [2] (Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, 1878-1955, Rome and Florence);[3] purchased 26 June 1935 by Samuel H. Kress (1863-1955), New York; gift 27 September 1950 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[4] gift 1961 to NGA.
[1] Laura Aldovini, _I Nielli Trivulzio. Storia, Tecnica, Collezionismo,_Milan, 2021: 239.
[2] Aldovini, I Nielli Trivulzio, 239.
[3] The bill of sale included sculptures, maiolicas, furniture, antique velvets, paintings, and enamels, for a total of one hundred objects. Copy in NGA curatorial files. See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, (https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/acquisitions/ACQ143).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 7.

Bibliography

2021

  • Aldovini, Laura. I Nielli Trivulzio. Storia, Tecnica, Collezionismo. Milan, 2021: 83, 94, 159 fig. 49, 236, 239-242, 274, no. 78, pl. XVIII.

Wikidata ID

Q63854503

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