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Triptych painting: Christ's body lies on a cloth with mourners in red and blue robes before a cross; kneeling donor at left, saints and landscape on side panels.

Triptych with the Lamentation

A triptych painting shows the dead body of Christ laid on a white cloth at the foot of a cross, surrounded by grieving figures in red and blue robes. A kneeling donor in dark clothing appears in the left panel, and a mountainous landscape with towers fills the background.

Artist
Jan Jansz Mostaert
Date
1515-1520
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2557 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1520.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Saints and Martyrs16th centurynorthern renaissancereligious paintingaltarpiecedonor portraitoil on panelmountain landscapetriptychmournerscrosslamentationdead christ

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