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Ambrosius Benson

The Lamentation

ca. 1520–25
Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
91.4 × 56.2 cm (36 × 22.1 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 537

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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