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Photo: Paul Macapia
Lamentation Over the Dead Christ
Photo: Paul Macapia

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ

Datelate 1580s
Maker Jacopo Palma Italian, 1544-1628
Object number61.163
ProvenanceCasa Grimani, Venice, Italy; purchased from Grimani by Marc'Antonio Hercolani (1709-1772) or Filippo Hercolani (1736-1810) in 1762; by inheritance to Astorre Hercolani (1779-1828), Bologna; sold on April 28, 1836 probably to (Sir John Charles Robinson, 1824-1913) [1]; Sir Frederick Lucas Cook (1844-1920), 2nd Bart., Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey, England; by inheritance to Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, 3rd Bart. (1868-1939), Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey, by 1913 (published catalogue, T. Borenius, vol. I, 1913, no. 186, as Palma Giovane; M.W. Brockwell, 1932, p. 32, as Palma Giovane); [Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi (1878-1955), Rome and Florence]; purchased from Contini Bonacossi by Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, March 10, 1949; Seattle Art Museum, since 1954, accessioned 1961 [1] Information provided by the National Gallery of Art: From the Hercolani Archive, Bologna, b.16. The Hercolani Archive is still privately owned by the family in Bologna. According to the Archive, the painting was valued at 150 liras by Petroni and 120 liras by Guizzardi. The painting is mentioned as part of the Hercolani Collection in the 1774 volume by L. Crespi, "Descrizione delle scoture et architetture della citta e sobborghi de Pescia e della Toscana."
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Wash., Seattle Art Museum, European Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1954. Text by Suida, William and Richard Fuller. p. 56, reproduced p. 57.Published ReferencesIshikawa, Chiyo. The Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Seattle Art Museum. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1997; fig. 21, pp. 37-39.
Credit LineSamuel H. Kress Collection
Dimensions61 1/2 × 89 1/8 in. (156.2 × 226.4 cm) Frame: 73 × 99 × 4 1/4 in. (185.4 × 251.5 × 10.8 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
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