# Lamentation

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MAZZONI, Guido](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Glazed terracotta

## Commentary

This group was commissioned by Alfonso II of Naples for the Chapel of the Sepulchre in the church. The life-size kneeling figure on the left is a portrait of the patron, Alfonso II, in the role of Joseph of Arimathea.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Child \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/adoration-of-the-child-detail-rb540d63093a127>)
- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/adoration-of-the-child-r2683e79513e41e>)
- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/adoration-of-the-child-r2e79def2496e33>)
- [Alfonso II of Aragon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/alfonso-ii-of-aragon-r018d812982c189>)
- [Death of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/death-of-the-virgin-r58df9f6825fe9c>)
- [Death of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/death-of-the-virgin-r9fb2e1beb73e4f>)
- [Head of a Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/head-of-a-man-rd8e0dc05180f50>)
- [Lamentation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/lamentation-detail-r269f874a04f2fc>)
- [Lamentation of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/lamentation-of-christ-r530ad05e9ca5de>)
- [Lamentation over the Dead Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/lamentation-over-the-dead-christ-r30496ec2a43ac1>)
- [Lamentation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/lamentation-r6db977b42f98bb>)
- [Lamentation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mazzoni-guido-r68688a9125a317/lamentation-r7c2cc6c68e33fa>)

## Attribution

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