NETHERLANDISH SCHOOL, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

The general composition of this deeply expressive painting is reminiscent of the group of figures in a Lamentation ascribed to Adriaen Isenbrandt in the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp. There are marked similarities in the position of the three figures, the background view and the way in which Saint John's hand is placed on Christ's head. A comparable arrangement of figures in the space, although not with these poses, can be found in Gerard David's Lamentation in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.