BELLANO, Bartolommeo
(b. 1437, Padova, d. 1496, Padova)

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

1470-75
Marble, 102 x 112 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

This relief, which seems to have formed the central part of a carved altarpiece or an antependium relief, was made for the church of SS Trinità at Padua. Following the destruction of the church in 1509, the relief was moved, first to the church of San Giacomo (in 1530) and later (between 1811 and 1817) to the Lazara Palace. The tonsured figure in the rear place of the relief appears to represent the donor, who probably held the office of Prevesto della SS Trinità.