The Lamentation
Ludovico Mazzolino
ca. 1514–16
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Patrick Matthiesen and The Matthiesen Gallery, in honor of Keith Christiansen, 2014
Accession Number
2014.448
Tags
MenWomenLamentationVirgin MaryChristSaint John the Evangelist
About the Artist
Ludovico Mazzolino · 1480–1528
Ludovico Mazzolino (c. 1480–c. 1528), also known as Mazzolini da Ferrara or Il Ferrarese, was an Italian Renaissance painter whose highly personal and sophisticated style made him a favorite at the court of Ferrara. Born around 1480 in Ferrara, Mazzolino spent almost his entire life in this culturally rich city, where he developed a distinctive approach that looked back to the calligraphic precisi...