The Lamentation
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Victoria and Albert Museum
SalleEurope 1600-1815, Room 7, The Sheikha Amna Bint Mohammed Al Thani GalleryLondres, Royaume-Uni
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- Vérifié
- il y a 8 jours
- Dans cet état depuis
- 25 sept. 2026
- Source
- Les données de collection du musée lui-même
About the sculpture
This figure group of ivory and partly gilded walnut is made by an unknown artist, perhaps in Italy in ca. 1650. Christ lies dead on his shroud. The mourning Virgin stands to the right, near his feet, and an angel stands on the other side, at his head. Above, mourning cherubim and angels hover in the clouds. The ivory figures are set in a fictile rocky setting made of walnut, with gilding representing foliage and two tree stumps. The door to the tomb is seen at the back.
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The combination of wood and ivory seen here would have been specifically Italian if this piece dates from the seventeenth, rather than the eighteenth century; comparable works are in the Museo degli Argenti in Florence. Its supposed original Italian provenance, and the style of the Italianate figure of Christ, recalling the work of Alessandro Algardi (1598-1654), do suggest this piece might indeed be Italian, made in the mid-seventeenth century. It is a devotional item, and at the same time a highly-wrought precious work of art.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- A.29:0 to 3-1930
What it shows
Au catalogue
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · obtenue il y a 8 jours
- Image : Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
