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Victoria and Albert Museum
The Lamentation

The Lamentation, Juan de Juni, ca. 1540-1550

The Lamentation

ca. 1540-1550 · Relief

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

RoomMedieval & Renaissance, Room 62, The Foyle Foundation Gallery

On public display.

Checked: 12 days ago
In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum

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About the sculpture

Juan de Juni executed several versions of this composition, all in terracotta (baked clay), and almost certainly all cast from moulds. The twisted and Mannerist-style forms are typical of this sculptor's work. Although all his known sculpture was made in Castile in Spain, Juan de Juni was probably French in origin.

The present version should be assigned to the workshop of Juan de Juni, and can be tentatively dated to the 1540s , approximately contemporary with the Salamanca relief. It was probably a devotional object, intended to be hung in a chapel or church, or in a private house. The inscription on the frame reinforces its devotional purpose.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Particulars

Accession number: 91-1864

What it shows

Cross Tree Jesus Christ Mary (Virgin Mary)

In the catalog

Sculpture Terracotta and ceramics Renaissance 16th century Salamanca (City)

Sources

Victoria and Albert Museum
Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Bust of a member of the Navagero family, Alessandro Vittoria, ca. 1590-1600

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Allen Ginsberg

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Gordon Parks

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