![Jusepe de Ribera - The Lamentation over the Dead Christ [early 1620s] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uvvB6JLML_ATwc51uzcxjXgDkTXtLKaTYmTjZoEmdloz1NRj-jpTvxn1hagRFDd8ksxrGkFAGJ3OlsFNO65Q9XcReDHQSc0Ff93A0JGsh_6KvZGnhwG0c-h24yxlVmX4A=s0-d)
Jusepe de Ribera - The Lamentation over the Dead Christ [early 1620s], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.
The dead Christ is supported by Saint John the Evangelist. The Virgin laments by his side while the Magdalen leans forward to kiss his feet. This incident is not described in the Gospels, but forms part of a long pictorial tradition. It is marked by the influence of Caravaggio in its directness and lack of idealisation. Ribera painted the picture in Naples and it has been suggested that it is the work he executed for the Genoese nobleman Marcantonio Doria in 1623. Ribera was born in Spain, at Játiva near Valencia, and probably received his training there under Francisco Ribalta. He moved soon afterwards to Italy and following a period in Rome settled in Naples in 1616.
[Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 181 cm]
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