The Sopetrán Lamentation in wood

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A conversation between Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Beth Harris in front of the Sopetrán Lamentation, c. 1480, painted and gilded wood, 210.8 x 123.2 x 34.3 cm, originally part of an altarpiece at the Benedictine monastery at Sopetrán, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (The Cloisters)

Additional resources

Read about this sculpture on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website

Read about the Renaissance in Spain

Learn more about the expanding the renaissance initiative

Learn more about polychomed wooden sculpture in Spain by watching a video about Alonso Berruguete

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Cite this page as: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker, "The Sopetrán Lamentation in wood," in Smarthistory, October 16, 2020, accessed June 8, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/the-sopetran-lamentation/.