The Lamentation — Ludovico Carracci. The Lamentation, ca. 1582. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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The Lamentation

by Ludovico Carracci

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Artist: Ludovico Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1555–1619 Bologna)
Date: ca. 1582
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 37 1/2 x 68 in. (95.3 x 172.7 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace and The Annenberg Foundation Gifts; Harris Brisbane Dick, Rogers, and Gwynne Andrews Funds; Pat and John Rosenwald, Mark Fisch and Rachel Davidson, and Jon and Barbara Landau Gifts; Gift of Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family; and Victor Wilbour Memorial, Marquand, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment, and Charles B. Curtis Funds, 2000
Accession no.: 2000.68

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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