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Lamentation of Christ

1520 · Civico Museo d'Arte Antica, Castello Sforzesco, Milan

religious

This painting was originally an altarpiece in San Barnaba, Milan, a church demolished and then rebuilt by Galeazzo Alessi in 1561. It represents an important stage of the late period of Bramantino, the most significant Lombard painter of the Renaissance, also active as an architect.

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Lamentation of Christ

About the Artist

Bramantino

1465 – 1530

Bartolomeo Suardi, called Bramantino, Milanese painter and architect, a follower of Bramante, from whom he takes his nickname. He was appointed court painter and architect to Duke Francesco II Sforza in 1525. His style as a painter is complex and eclectic, drawing on Piero della Francesca and Leonardo as well as Bramante.

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