Oil on canvas, relined
Italy, 1663
Giovanni Battista Langetti (c. 1635-1676) – Italian Baroque painter
Dimensions: 131 x 169 cm
Gilt stucco frame: 141 x 192,5 cm
Literature: M. Stefani Mantovanelli, Giovanni Battista Langetti: Il Principe dei Tenebrosi, Soncino 2011
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The painting 'Compianto per il Cristo morto' of the Baroque painter shows the dead body of Christ with crown of thorns and white cloth arranged in full size of the painting and illuminated by an unknown source of light, while the angels are in deep mourning.

Condition:
Craquelé can be seen overall on the canvas. There are scattered scratches close to the lower angel and a hole is in the belly of Christ. Loss of color and small tears are on the right of the lower angel. The painting had been restored. Restoration can be seen in the following parts: at the head of the left angel, on the right of the lower angel and at the right edge. There a small retouched spots along the edges. The craquelé had been partially retouched. Some of the retouched spots can be seen with the naked eye. The overall impressionof the painting is good apart from this. The frame shows traces of usage and obvious rubbed areas, knocked spots and small losses of material. The dimensions are 131 x 169 cm and the frame measures 141 x 192,5 cm.

Giovanni Battista Langetti (c.1635-1676)
The Genoa-born Giovanni Battista Langetti was a popular Italian Baroque painter in his time. He lived and worked in Rome, Venice and Florence. He was a pupil of Pietro da Cortona and later he learned from G. F. Cassana in Florence, were he stayed for a longer time. The artist belongs to the most important artists of the naturalistic tendency of the Baroque of the 17th century. Langetti mainly painted religious and mythological subjects such as apostles, saints, eremites as well as philosophers characterize his oeuvre. (msc)

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