Offered by Antichità Castelbarco
Lamentation of Christ
Follower of Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Late 17th-early 18th century
Oil on canvas (64 x 51 cm. - Framed 77 x 65 cm.)
This is a very interesting work, a painting by a Flemish artist that reproduces the famous Lamentation of Christ by Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641) between 1628 and 16129 for the high altar of the Begijnhof church in Antwerp, now housed in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp (image 1 - https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/293416 **).
The canvas was then replicated in a smaller version, now in the Prado Museum (fig. 2 - oil on canvas, 114 x 100 cm; inv./cat. no. 1475). The scene, which depicts one of the most dramatic and emotional moments of Christ's Passion, exemplifies the typical style of the great Flemish artist: Christ lies prostrate, his body vigorous and sculptural, while Mary Magdalene weeps over him, kissing his hand, and the Virgin Mary, at his side, looks up to the sky in despair; finally, Saint John arrives to join this chorus of grief.
The iconography of our Lamentation, like the whole of Van Dyck's series, became emblematic of this poetics. The focal point of the composition is the wounded hand, kissed by Mary Magdalene, and the theme of the work is meditation on the Passion of Christ, also evoked by the instruments of torture in the foreground.
As for the authorship of the canvas on display, the artist can be traced back to one of the followers of the great master, who was active after the creation of the large altarpiece, to satisfy a client who wanted to have his own version.
Despite his clearly Italianate style, Van Dyck adopted many of the pictorial schemes of his master Rubens in his compositions, reflecting the intense formative influence and close collaboration between the two artists in the early years of his career.
This painting therefore reveals all these influences: through a highly sophisticated figurative language, we can see the influence of Italian art, particularly the Venetian compositions of Titian, Tintoretto and Correggio, as well as the figurative language of the Bolognese school of the Carracci, Guercino and Guido Reni.
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