The Lamentation of Christ

Simon Marmion's Lamentation of Christ, painted around 1467 and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a masterwork of Franco-Flemish painting from the artist known as 'the prince of illuminators.' Marmion, active in Valenciennes on the border between France and the Burgundian Netherlands, produced devotional panels of extraordinary refinement that combined the precision of manuscript illumination with the emotional depth of large-scale painting.

Marmion's exquisitely refined technique creates a devotional image of jewel-like intensity, with delicate figure modeling, luminous glazes, and a miniaturist's attention to detail that distinguishes his work from larger workshop productions.