Lamentation of Christ

Jacopo da Sellaio was a Florentine painter active in the late fifteenth century who specialized in cassone panels and devotional works. This Lamentation of Christ in the Gemäldegalerie Berlin reflects his competent handling of Passion imagery in the Florentine workshop tradition. Jacopo da Sellaio trained in the Florentine tradition, absorbing influences from Filippo Lippi and Botticelli, and specialized in devotional panels and cassone paintings for Florentine households.

The panel groups the mourning figures around Christ's body with the clear drawing and bright tempera-based technique characteristic of late-quattrocento Florentine workshop production.