Lamentation over the dead Christ

Etching with engraving, 1572, signed on plate and lettered on tablet in foreground ' Propter iniquitates nostras Esaias 53 / Venetis apud Lucam Bertelum. Anno MDLXXII.'

Example of the second state, with the Luca Bertelli's address.

A great impression, printed on contemporary laid paper with "circle with a star" watermark, with thin margins, very good conditions.

Mary with the dead Christ on her lap under the cross surrounded by followers. Mary Magdalene is kissing the feet of Christ. The pyramidal composition is accentuated by the two ladders up against the cross, followed by a spear and a stick with a sponge. In the foreground on a pedestal are the crown of thorns, nails and a hammer.

On the base text: propter iniquitates nostras. Esaias. 53.

Bartsch does not describe this print in vol.XVI.

A very good example of this rare work.