# Lamentation of Christ [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MAZZONI, Guido]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Painted terracotta ## Commentary This Lamentation group, today in the church of the Gesù in Ferrara, was originally executed for the church of Santa Maria della Rosa. It is composed of eight painted terracotta figures. The work is related to the Este family. The faces of Nicodemus and one of the Marys are thought to represent portraits of Ercole I and Eleonora d'Aragona, who probably commissioned the work. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Alfonso II of Aragon]() - [Death of the Virgin]() - [Death of the Virgin]() - [Head of a Man]() - [Lamentation \(detail\)]() - [Lamentation over the Dead Christ]() - [Lamentation]() - [Lamentation]() - [Lamentation]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()