# Lamentation [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DAVID, Gerard]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on panel, 58 x 48 cm ## Commentary Although it has no basis in scripture, the depiction of the Lamentation had been established in western art since the 13th century. David treated the subject and the closely related Deposition on a number of occasions. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Kings \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Kings]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece of St Michael]() - [Altarpiece of St Michael]() - [Breviary of Isabella of Castile]() - [Canon Bernardinus de Salviatis with Three Saints]() - [Christ Nailed to the Cross]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Forest scenes]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()