Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, made between about 1490 and 1495, showing the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ across her lap in a Pieta arrangement flanked by saints. Botticelli rendered the mourning figures in contorted, distorted poses rather than naturalistic ones, a departure that influenced later Renaissance painters. Originally in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Florence, the painting is now in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan; Botticelli painted a second version of the same subject, from around 1492, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year Created LocationMuseo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan 1 Medium
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It is now in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli of Milan
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Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, made between about 1490 and 1495, showing the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ across her lap in a Pieta arrangement flanked by saints.
- infobox year field: c. 1490-1495
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The Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints is a painting of the Lamentation of Christ by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, dated between 1490 and 1495. The painting was originally kept in Santa Maria Maggiore
Created By: Sandro Botticelli, lead paragraph
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints is a painting of the Lamentation of Christ by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, dated between 1490 and 1495. The painting was originally kept in Santa Maria Maggiore
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