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Lamentation over the Dead Christ | |
Artist | Giovanni Bellini |
Year | 1515–16 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 444 cm × 312 cm (175 in × 123 in) |
Location | Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
Website | WGA entry |
Deposition or Lamentation over the Dead Christ is a painting by Giovanni Bellini and his workshop, dating to 1515–16 and thus one of his last works. It measures 4.44 m by 3.12 m and is in oils on canvas. It was commissioned for the Santa Maria dei Servi church in Venice, which is now demolished; it is now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in that city.[1]