MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)

The Lamentation of Christ

1523-25
Red chalk, partially over a drawing in black chalk, 320 x 249 mm
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

The relief-like conception and display of Christ's dead body in this multi-figured Pietà scene are related to the earlier and unfinished Entombment in the National Gallery, London.

The pen studies on the verso of the sheet are by a different hand.