Lamentation over the dead Christ

Lamentation of Christ 

Colors in this work

Artist: Giottino
Date: 1357–1359
Medium: panel; tempera
Holding institution: Uffizi Gallery
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A99172 · 43%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #B6893E · 12%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #6A4B27 · 12%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8C6333 · 10%

Limestone Honey · Yellow family · #D8B571 · 8%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #977344 · 4%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #88340F · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #332813 · 2%

Slate Night · Black family · #242A33 · 2%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #F2D391 · 2%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #B36010 · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #90837E · <1%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #50596A · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A45D55 · <1%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A09259 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3D4745 · <1%

Lichen Stone · Green family · #7D8667 · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #8E7F84 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Uffizi Gallery

11 tags

Bible Story Both · 99%

The catalog title and description identify the subject as the Lamentation of Christ, while the image shows Christ’s dead body surrounded by mourners beneath the cross.
Mourning and Commemoration Both · 99%

The title identifies a lamentation, and the figures visibly express grief through bowed heads, clasped hands, embraces, kneeling poses, and physical attention to Christ’s body.
Human Figure Visual · 99%

Numerous human figures are represented in standing, kneeling, seated, and reclining poses across the lower portion of the panel.
Deities and Holy Figures Both · 98%

Christ and the surrounding haloed religious figures are the principal subjects of the scene; their sacred status is established by halos, the cross, and the biblical subject.

Medieval Art Metadata · 97%

The stated date of 1357–1359 places the work within the medieval period, and its gold-ground devotional panel format is visually consistent with that broad classification.

Highly Ornamented Visual · 94%

The gold ground, ornamental border, decorated halos, and patterned vestments produce a strongly ornamented surface.
Flatness Visual · 90%

The figures occupy a shallow, largely non-naturalistic space against the gold ground, with limited recession and emphasis on the surface plane.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the work as a painting, and the image is visibly a painted panel.
Gold Leaf and Gilding Visual · 87%

The ground, halos, cross details, and ornamental borders have a luminous gold, leaf-like appearance characteristic of a gilded surface, although the exact material is not independently verifiable from the image.

1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1357–1359, which falls within the catalog’s 1000–1400 CE period category.

Christian Art and Architecture Both · 99%

The cross, halos, Christological subject, and devotional panel format visibly establish a Christian religious scene, consistent with the catalog description.

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