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Christ’s body has just been taken down from the Cross, and his family and followers mourn over him – a moment known as The Lamentation. Rembrandt laboured over this small monochrome picture. He began by making an oil sketch on paper, then tore out a section and mounted the rest on canvas. He continued the design on the canvas at the lower right, before someone else extended the picture by adding strips to the top and bottom. The picture is very likely a study for an etching that Rembrandt never executed. One of the clues for this is in the positioning of the two men who were crucified alongside Christ, the so-called Good Thief and Bad Thief. Here, the Bad Thief appears to Christ’s right, which was traditionally the position reserved for the Good Thief.
Title
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Date
about 1635
Medium
Oil on paper and pieces of canvas, mounted onto oak
Measurements
H 31.9 x W 26.7 cm
Accession number
NG43
Acquisition method
Presented by Sir George Beaumont, 1823/8
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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