Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo depicted this scene of mourning over the dead Christ around 1527, one of the most emotionally powerful subjects in Christian art that invited the viewer to share in the grief of Christ's followers. The painting is in the Pinacoteca di Brera The Lamentation over the dead Christ was among the most emotionally intense devotional subjects, inviting viewers into a shared moment of grief that was understood as spiritually beneficial.

The devotional composition is rendered with attention to the expressive and contemplative qualities that served the painting's function as an aid to prayer and meditation.