# The Lamentation of Christ

- By: Colijn de Coter (ca. –1522)
- Date: c. 1510 - c. 1515
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 35.5 cm x width 42.9 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-856--efd7b8f3fd5b0195bc7254a263d3e8dd)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9e4a60a670248848819ec293dec8dede.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Here the artist ‘zoomed in’ on the faces of the dead Christ and his grieving disciples. The painting is thus both intimate and confrontational. This made it easier for believers to identify with Christ’s suffering and the Virgin’s sorrow. The man on the right holding the nails from the cross is Nicodemus; it is probably also a portrait of the person who commissioned the painting.