Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Lamentation over the Body of Christ
Alternate Title:
Pietà
Image View:
Detail, Virgin holds the head of Jesus
Creator:
Lorenzo d'Alessandro da San Severino (Italian painter, ca. 1440-1503)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 3142
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.7684 11.2556
Date:
ca. 1491 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Late Gothic; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera on panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
62 cm (height) x 158 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; John, the Apostle, Saint; Mary Magdalene, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; lunette
Description:
Lorenzo d'Alessandro was inspired by the Salimbeni brothers, Carlo Crivelli and Piero della Francesca. D’Alessandro blended the typical elements of the late Gothic culture and of the Renaissance in his expressive style. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-SANSEVER-LBC-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Lamentation over the Body of Christ