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Rogier van der Weyden: Pietà

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Alternative names	Roger de le Pasture, Rogier de Bruxelles, Master of the Exhumation of Saint Hubert
Description	Southern Netherlandish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	1399 or 1400 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1399-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	18 June 1464 / 16 June 1464
Location of birth/death	Tournai	City of Brussels
Work location	Tournai (1427–1435), City of Brussels (1435–1464), Italy (1450–1455)
Authority file	: Q68631 VIAF: 100171627 ISNI: 0000000107866833 ULAN: 500008384 LCCN: n50082131 NLA: 36550189 WorldCat

Title

English: Lamentation of Christ

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painting

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religious art

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Pietà

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Date

circa 1441

Medium

color on wood

Dimensions

height: 32.2 cm (12.6 in); width: 47.2 cm (18.5 in)

Collection

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

	Native name	Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique
	Location	City of Brussels
	Coordinates	50° 50′ 30.05″ N, 4° 21′ 29.66″ E
	Established	1801
	Website	www.fine-arts-museum.be
	Authority file	: Q377500 VIAF: 125290757 ISNI: 0000000406110534 LCCN: n83200296 NLA: 35023174 GND: 37656-5 WorldCat

Current location

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Accession number

3515 (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium)

Exhibition history

Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges, Bruges, 15 June 1902 - 5 October 1902

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- Κατάλογος έργων των Βασιλικών Μουσείων Καλών Τεχνών του Βελγίου
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- Królewskie Muzea Sztuk Pięknych w Brukseli
- Lista dzieł Rogiera van der Weydena

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WEYDEN, Rogier van der

(b. 1400, Tournai, d. 1464, Bruxelles)

Lamentation c. 1441 Wood, 32,2 x 47,2 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

The latest studies attribute this Lamentation directly to Rogier van der Weyden, a pupil of the Master of Flémalle and one of the most important and influential of the Flemish Primitives. The style and pictorial qualities of the painting match those of other Van der Weyden panels that are documented by archival material. A few authors, however, believe this Lamentation to be by his workshop, because of the various versions that exist of this composition, some of which have definitely been produced by assistants. Van der Weyden had so much work that he left the reproduction of popular compositions like the Lamentation to the other painters in his workshop. Dendrochronological research - the dating of a wooden panel based on the growth rings - places this version at around 1441, i.e. relatively early in the painter's career.

Depicted is the lamentation of Christ under the cross, a scene that does not appear as such in the Bible. To the left we see John the Evangelist, barefoot and robed in a red mantle. His right hand supports the Saviour's upper body, which is resting against the Virgin's knee. With his left hand he is comforting Mary. The Mother of God supports her Son's limp head and presses her cheek against his. At Christ's feet Mary Magdalen kneels in veneration, alongside her an ointment pot, her customary attribute. The skull in the foreground refers to the location, Golgotha, literally "place of the skull". Apocryphal texts frequently interpret this as the skull of Adam, whose fall brought death on the human race, and whose original sin Christ died to expiate. The withered trees to the left and right are also taken from medieval Passion stories, certain of which tell that all trees withered when the Saviour gave up the spirit.

The emotional intensity of the Lamentation witnesses to the influence of 'devotio moderna', with this type of tableau intended to move the viewer to compassion. Closer contemplation of the Passion would then lead to the imitation of Christ, or place the viewer into the right frame of mind to receive communion.

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Author: WEYDEN, Rogier van der Title: Lamentation Time-line: 1401-1450 School: Flemish Form: painting

Type: religious

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