- Artist
- Ambrosius Benson
- Year
- ca. 1520–1525
- Medium
- Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
Public Domain
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ambrosius Benson’s moving depiction of the Lamentation over the dead Christ. Benson was a Flemish painter active in Bruges, known for his devotional works that combine Italian compositional influence with the meticulous detail of the Northern tradition.