The pathetic expressions of the characters were a novelty in Botticelli's art: under the spiritual influence of Savonarola's preachings in Florence, which began around the time the work was executed, he started in fact to abandon the allegoric inspiration that had made him a favourite of the Medici court in favour of more intimate and painstaking religious reflection.[1]
lamentation, over, dead, christ, botticelli, munich, lamentation, over, dead, christ, painting, common, subject, lamentation, christ, italian, renaissance, master, sandro, botticelli, finished, around, 1490, 1492, alte, pinakothek, munich, lamentation, over, d. The Lamentation over the Dead Christ is a painting of the common subject of the Lamentation of Christ by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli finished around 1490 1492 It is now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich Lamentation over the Dead ChristArtistSandro BotticelliYear1490 1492MediumTempera on panelDimensions140 cm 207 cm 55 in 81 in LocationAlte Pinakothek MunichThe portrait shows the inert body of Christ surrounded by the Virgin St Peter and Mary Magdalene St John the Evangelist St Jerome and St Paul The pathetic expressions of the characters were a novelty in Botticelli s art under the spiritual influence of Savonarola s preachings in Florence which began around the time the work was executed he started in fact to abandon the allegoric inspiration that had made him a favourite of the Medici court in favour of more intimate and painstaking religious reflection 1 See also EditLamentation over the Dead Christ in Milan References Edit Opera 48 Archived from the original on 2007 09 30 Retrieved 2007 06 23 External links EditPage at artonline it in Italian This article about a fifteenth century painting is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lamentation over the Dead Christ Botticelli Munich amp oldid 1027488506, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
