Lamentation, Claude Mellan

From Christ's deposition to his entombmentMatthew 27:58-66

7 hands · 1324–1780 · 1 proposed

He went to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body…Matthew 27:58

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  2. The Lamentation of Christ, Simon Marmionca. 1473Simon Marmion
  3. Altar Frontal with the Lamentation, Cosimo Tura (Italian, c. 1430–1495); Rubinetto de Francia (Italian, active 1457–1483)c. 1474Cosimo Tura (Italian, c. 1430–1495); Rubinetto de Francia (Italian, active 1457–1483)
  4. Christ Crowned with Thorns (Ecce Homo), and the Mourning Virgin (Mater Dolorosa), Adriaen Isenbrantca. 1530–40Adriaen IsenbrantNot yet checked
  5. The Entombment, Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino)1554Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino)
  6. The Lamentation, Ludovico Carraccica. 1582Ludovico Carracci
  7. Lamentation, Claude Mellan1683Claude MellanThis record
  8. Study of the Lamentation on the Dead Christ, Benjamin Westca. 1785Benjamin West

What it depicts

Matthew 27:58-66Opened by a notation lookup, not by an editor. Iconclass 73D7 glosses this subject as “from Christ's deposition to his entombment (Matthew 27:58-66; Mark 15:46-47; Luke 23:53-56; John 19:39-42)”, and this library reads the Douay-Rheims, where the passage stands at Matthew 27:58-66. Iconclass states 4 references for this subject; the first one this corpus holds is used.

58He went to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered.

59And Joseph taking the body, wrapped it up in a clean linen cloth.

60And laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument, and went his way.

61And there was there Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulchre.

62And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

63Saying: Sir, we have remembered, that that seducer said, while he was yet alive: After three days I will rise again.

64Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded until the third day: lest perhaps his disciples come and steal him away, and say to the people: He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first.

65Pilate saith to them: You have a guard; go, guard it as you know.

66And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting guards.

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Subject
From Christ's deposition to his entombmentMatthew 27:58-66joined by editor pass delegated by Abe Garcia, 2026-09-18
Holder's headings
Sadness, Suffering, Christ, Mary Magdalene, Virgin Mary, Lamentation, Death

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Rights

Credit
Gift of Carl Joseph Ulmann, 1924
Licence
CC0-1.0
Evidence
metmuseum.org collection api v1: isPublicDomain=true on object 395173 (read 2026-09-16)
Record
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/395173
Lamentation, Claude Mellan
Lamentation — Claude Mellan1683

How this join was made

This join is editorial: no notation was involved, and an editor anchored the picture to the passage directly.

Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this picture under its own subject heading “Lamentation”. Wikidata states that concept’s Iconclass notation as 73D72 (Q3155356), and the library’s map reads that notation as this passage.

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  • From Christ's deposition to his entombmentMetropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this picture under its own subject heading “Lamentation”. Wikidata states that concept’s Iconclass notation as 73D72 (Q3155356), and the library’s map reads that notation as this passage.

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