The Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Andrea Mantegna - 1490 - 68 x 81 cm Pinacoteca di Brera The Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Andrea Mantegna - 1490 - 68 x 81 cm Pinacoteca di Brera

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ

tempera on canvas • 68 x 81 cm

  • Andrea Mantegna - c. 1431 - September 13, 1506 Andrea Mantegna

    1490

This painting is one of many examples of the Mantegna's mastery of perspective. He experimented with this new invention a lot, for example by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality. The artist probably made this painting for his personal funerary chapel - it was found in his studio after his death.