# The Lamentation of Christ

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN ICON PAINTER, Cretan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Egg tempera on wood, 43 x 109 cm

## Commentary

The picture shows the front side of an icon painted on both sides. Its narrow horizontal format indicates that it was originally attached above the royal doors of an iconostasis. The front side represents the Lamentation of Christ while the reverse shows Christ between the Mother of God and the martyr Catherine.

## Related artworks

- [Christ in the Tomb](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d/christ-in-the-tomb-r651114d92fa2ea>)
- [Christ with the Mother of God and St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d/christ-with-the-mother-of-god-and-st-catherine-r77e525713012b0>)
- [Royal Door](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d/royal-door-r9b258e3253b2d1>)
- [St Menas of Egypt on Horseback](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d/st-menas-of-egypt-on-horseback-r00ad09ac53c250>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d/the-annunciation-r0f4d0b375ca739>)
- [The Dormition of the Mother of God](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d/the-dormition-of-the-mother-of-god-r596b00dc2bc216>)
- [The Madonna della Salute](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d/the-madonna-della-salute-r33481521c6723d>)
- [The Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d/the-nativity-r187e2d9e0db4f8>)
- [Transfiguration of Christ \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d/transfiguration-of-christ-detail-re3d28c3a6ee36f>)
- [Transfiguration of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-cretan-r81d5559e6e873d/transfiguration-of-christ-r53303ca27d7ab1>)

## Attribution

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