Petrus Christus – The Lamentation – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435898
The Artist: For a biography of Petrus Christus, see the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.The Subject and Function of the Painting: After Christ’s crucifixion, his corpse was taken down from the cross and prepared for burial
of Arimathea and Nicodemus, stand out in their contemporary attire, offering a bridge
