🕊️ Faith & Scripture
Lamentation of Christ
Rogier van der Weyden · 1450
Why it's great
Friends gather around Christ's body, and everyone's face is full of grief. Rogier van der Weyden and his workshop painted this about 1450, and the way the faces cry is just like real life.
Where to see it
📍 Uffizi GalleryFlorence, Italy
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⬇ Hi-res download
954 × 1,119 px · 1.1 megapixels
This is the largest scan on Wikimedia Commons, which is fairly small for a big print. The museum that owns it may offer a larger one.
File page & license ↗
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
💵 Budget
Etsy ↗
Posters and simple prints from small sellers, usually the lowest prices.
🖼️ Mid-range
Fine Art America ↗
Good printing on paper, canvas or metal, made to order, with framing options.
🏛️ High-end
Meisterdrucke ↗
Museum-grade giclée prints on archival paper or canvas, the closest to the real thing.
These links open search results on each shop's own website; we don't sell anything or earn a commission, and print quality varies by seller. Ask a grown-up before you buy anything.
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Rogier van der Weyden was a Flemish painter born in Tournai in about 1399. He worked in Brussels and became one of the most admired painters of Northern Europe for pictures that show deep feeling and realistic tears. He died in 1464.
