The Lamentation

Petrus Christus, 1450, Metropolitan Museum of Art

‘The Lamentation’ is a work by Petrus Christus (1425–1475). It is dated 1450. It is part of the collection Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

It is made of oil paint and panel. It measures 25 × 35 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include Jesus Christ, skull, tree, and pliers.

The catalogue has 33 more works by Petrus Christus.

• Petrus Christus
• The Renaissance