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The Lamentation, from The Passion, c. 1480. Engraving, printed in black, on off-white laid paper.
Engraving, printed in black, on off-white laid paper · Image: 21.3 × 14.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Lamentation, from The Passion
- Artist
- Israhel van Meckenem the Younger German, c. 1440/45-1503
- Date
- c. 1480
- Medium
- Engraving, printed in black, on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 21.3 × 14.9 cm (8 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet trimmed within platemark: 22.4 × 15.1 cm (8 7/8 × 6 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.