Lamentation of Christ (Dürer, Nuremberg)

Painting by Albrecht Dürer, c.1498

Lamentation of Christ

Artist| Albrecht Dürer
Year| c. 1498
Medium| Oil on panel
Dimensions| 150 cm × 120 cm (59 in × 47 in)
Location| Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Lamentation of Christ is an oil-on-panel painting of the common subject of the Lamentation of Christ attributed to German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, executed around 1498 and now in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum of Nuremberg, Germany.

The work was executed for the family chapel of Karl Holzschuher in the church of Sankt Johannis in Nuremberg. Dürer's monogram can be seen in the corner of Jesus' white shroud, but it is commonly considered to be apocryphal.

## Description

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The center of the painting is occupied by Jesus' dead body, supported by John the Apostle and lamented by Mary, Nicodemus and a pious Woman; Mary Magdalene and Joseph of Arimathea stand behind, holding balms to prepare the corpse for burial. Below is the crown of thorns and, in tiny proportions, the depictions of the donors from the Holzschuher and Grüber families, accompanied by their coat of arms.

The landscape in the background shows the Calvary, where the two thieves are still hanging from their crosses, and, at the center, a town reproduction with a river. On the right is hilly rocky cliff with the sepulchre.

## See also

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* Lamentation of Christ (Dürer, Munich)
* List of paintings by Albrecht Dürer

## Sources

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* Costantino Porcu, ed. (2004). Dürer. Milan: Rizzoli.

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Paintings|

* List of paintings
* Portrait Diptych of Dürer's Parents (1490)
* Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony (1496)
* St. Jerome in the Wilderness (c. 1496)
* Portrait of Dürer's Father at 70 (1497)
* Haller Madonna/Lot and His Daughters (c. 1498)
* Lamentation of Christ (Nuremberg) (attributed, c. 1498)
* Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds (1500)
* Lamentation of Christ (Munich) (c. 1500)
* Adoration of the Magi (1504)
* Bagnacavallo Madonna (before 1505)
* Christ Among the Doctors (1506)
* Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman (1505)
* Avarice (1507)
* Adam and Eve (1507)
* Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand (1508)
* The Suicide of Lucretia (1518)
* Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (1519)
* Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I (1519)
* Portrait of Jakob Fugger (c. 1520)
* Portrait of Bernhart von Reesen (1521)
* Saint Jerome in His Study (1521)
* The Four Apostles (1526)
* Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher (1526)
* Portrait of Johann Kleberger (1526)
* Portrait of Jakob Muffel (1526)

Altarpieces|

* Dresden Altarpiece (c. 1496–1497/1503–1504)
* Seven Sorrows Polyptych (c. 1500)
* Paumgartner Altarpiece (c. 1500)
* Jabach Altarpiece (c. 1503–1504)
* Feast of the Rosary (1506)
* Heller Altarpiece (c. 1508) (with Matthias Grünewald)
* Adoration of the Trinity (1511)

Self-portraits|

* Self-Portrait at the Age of 13 (drawing, 1484)
* Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle (1493)
* Self-Portrait at 26 (1498)
* Self-Portrait at 28 (1500)

Woodcuts and
engravings|

* List of woodcuts, engravings
* The Holy Family with the Dragonfly (1495)
* The Holy Family with Three Hares (1496)
* Apocalypse (1498)
* Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon (1498)
* The Four Witches (1497)
* The Sea Monster (1498–1500)
* Saint Sebastian at the Column (1500)
* Visitation (1503)
* Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate (1504)
* Great Passion (1497–1510)
* Life of the Virgin (1510–1511)
* Small Passion (1511)
* Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)
* Melencolia I (1514)
* Saint Jerome in His Study (1514)
* Triumphal Arch (1515)
* Rhinoceros (1515)
* Large Triumphal Carriage (1522)
* Portrait of Erasmus (1526)

Drawings,
watercolours|

* Young Hare (1502)
* Great Piece of Turf (1503)
* Madonna of the Animals (c. 1503)
* Praying Hands (c. 1508)
* Wing of a European Roller (1512)
* Portrait of the Artist's Mother at the Age of 63 (1514)
* Head of a Walrus (1514)
* The Virgin and Child with a Flower on a Grassy Bench (c. 1503)

Museums|

* Albrecht Dürer's House

Family|

* Agnes Dürer (wife)
* Albrecht Dürer the Elder (father)
* Hans Dürer (brother)
* Anton Koberger (godfather)

Related|

* Alte Pinakothek (Self-Portrait) (2000 photograph)
* Dürer (crater)

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