Lamentation of Christ, 1490s, Hans Schnatterpeck, Austrian, active 1472–c. 1510, 23 1/8 x 42 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( x x cm) (approx.), Pine, polychromed and gilt, Austria, 15th century, The lifeless body of Jesus Christ, taken off the cross after his crucifixion, rests in his mother Mary’s lap. John the Evangelist holds his head. Mary Magdalene, with an ointment jar, looks at his feet—according to the Gospel of Saint John, she had once anointed Jesus’s feet with expensive perfume.

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