# Lamentation over the Dead Christ

- By: Tomás de Merlo (Guatemalan, 1694 - 1739)
- Date: c. 1730 - 1739
- Medium: oil on copper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 59.5 × 46.5 cm (23 7/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
- Credit line: Gift of Funds from Susan L. Tang
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.234272.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/10c89581-58cc-45c6-8bc3-7e1197b97373/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)