MICHELANGELO Buonarroti (b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma) |
The Lamentation of Christ1523-25Red 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. |