Simon Marmion, 1473 - The Lamentation of Christ - fine art print

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The Lamentation of Christ was created by Simon Marmion in 1473. The version of the painting was painted with the size: 20 3/8 x 12 7/8 in (51,8 x 32,7 cm). Oil and tempera on oak panel was applied by the artist as the technique for the piece of art. Furthermore, this piece of art forms part of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's art collection, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (public domain). Creditline of the artwork: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. On top of that, alignment is portrait with an aspect ratio of 2 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% shorter than the width. The illuminator, painter Simon Marmion was a European artist, whose artistic style can be classified as Northern Renaissance. The Northern Renaissance painter was born in the year 1425 in Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France and died at the age of 64 in the year 1489 in Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France, France.

Original artwork description from the museum (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)

This painting depicts Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus placing the body of Christ across the lap of the Virgin, while Saint John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalene, and a female companion express grief with restrained gestures. The choice of figures and adorational subject of the image suggest it was not based on the Gospels but on popular devotional literature. On the verso of this panel are the interlaced initials of Duke Charles the Bold and Margaret of York, who were married in 1468. In May of 1473, Margaret accompanied her husband to a meeting of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Valenciennes, where Simon Marmion was active. It may have been at this point that the duke, who had paid Marmion in 1470 for a breviary begun for his father, Philip the Good, commissioned the artist to paint The Lamentation. The modest size and devotional character of the painting reflect the Burgundian duke's use of art for religious and, possibly, private purposes.

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