Lamentation over Jesus Christ
The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ with the Virgin Mary, and Saints Clare, Francis, Mary Magdelene and John, by Annibale Carracci.
Annibale’s Pietà with Saints represents a nocturnal landscape, where Jesus Christ outside the tomb is the central figure. Some angels are carrying the body of the Savior before His Resurrection.
The saints participate in this holy vigil with gestures that emphasize their attitude of deep sorrow. St. Francis is kneeling with outstretched arms, St. Claire is holding the Eucharistic tabernacle, Mary Magdalene is engrossed in prayer, and St. John the Evangelist reacts to the swooning Virgin who props up Christ’s head.
Their gestures expresss deep mourning, assuming a role of witnesses to an embodied experience of devotion. With this depiction, the author contributed to the expressive potential of the Italian Renaissance altarpiece by dramatizing the devotional.
This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Franciscan Gallery charges for the access to high resolution copy of the image. Manually restoration was necessary in order to improve quality, without covering the original image.
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