# The Lamentation

- By: Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (Beverwijk, ca. –ca.)
- Date: c. 1532 - c. 1535
- Medium: paper
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 180 mm x width 257 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt with additional funding from the Stortenbeker Fonds, the Stichting Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit and the Mondriaan Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-2014-62--e93e47629ec331e6437f19cce6ba0c8d)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/8f897320a573222ed9b414d45a86b493.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This drawing has all the drama of a medieval passion play. The contrast between the limp, broken body of Christ and the emotional turmoil of the other figures is heart-rending. With its dense parallel and crosshatching, the drawing style lends itself for comparison with Vermeyen’s etchings. The drawing has been squared for transfer (overmarked with a grid), suggesting that it is a design for a painting.