Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Andrea Solari painted this Lamentation over the Dead Christ around 1510 for the Louvre. Solari's Passion paintings are among the most emotionally refined in the Milanese Leonardesque tradition, applying the master's sfumato to subjects of grief and mourning with exceptional sensitivity 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 Lamentation demonstrates Solari's masterful Leonardesque technique with delicate sfumato modeling of the dead Christ's body and the mourners' grief-stricken faces, achieving an image of restrained emotional power.