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Monks and Holy Women mourning over the Dead Christ

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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Christ’s body has been taken down from the Cross and lies on the white shroud in which he will be placed in the tomb. Behind him is the Virgin Mary, eyes raised to heaven in grief, and alongside her Saint John the Evangelist, mopping his eyes with a handkerchief, and a second woman, probably Mary Magdalene. In the foreground, bending down to kiss Christ’s hands and feet, are two Carthusian monks, dressed in the white robes of their religious order. This is a much-reduced copy of a large altarpiece painted for the Carthusian monastery in Naples by Massimo Stanzione, one of the leading Neapolitan painters of the seventeenth century. From 1630 Stanzione was almost constantly involved in large-scale church commissions in Naples, and he executed a number of works for the Carthusian monks in the church of the Certosa di San Martino; some of which, including the original of this composition, are still in situ.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Monks and Holy Women mourning over the Dead Christ

Date

18th century or earlier

Medium

Oil on slate

Measurements

H 43.7 x W 52.4 cm

Accession number

NG3401

Acquisition method

Bought, 1919

Work type

Painting

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