The Lamentation. Artist: Master of the Codex of Saint George (Italian, active Florence, ca. 1315-35). Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 18 x 11 3/4 in. (45.7 x 29.8 cm)Painted surface: 15 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (39.7 x 27 cm). Date: ca. 1330-35.The grieving faces and bold gestures on this exquisitey painted panel, highlighted against a stark gold ground, dramatically convey the emotion of the Passion of the Christ. This panel, along with its companion (acc. no. 61.200.1), are among the few surviving works by the so-called Master of the Codex of Saint George, who is named for a missal he illuminated now in the Biblioteca Apolistica Vaticana, Vatican City. Although trained in Florence, the Master of the Codex of Saint George spent much of his career in Avignon, home of the papal court from 1309 to 1377, where he assimilated characteristics of Sienese and French paintings of the period.The panels were once thought to constitute a complete devotional diptych, but careful examination has

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The Lamentation. Artist: Master of the Codex of Saint George (Italian, active Florence, ca. 1315-35). Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 18 x 11 3/4 in. (45.7 x 29.8 cm)Painted surface: 15 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (39.7 x 27 cm). Date: ca. 1330-35.The grieving faces and bold gestures on this exquisitey painted panel, highlighted against a stark gold ground, dramatically convey the emotion of the Passion of the Christ. This panel, along with its companion (acc. no. 61.200.1), are among the few surviving works by the so-called Master of the Codex of Saint George, who is named for a missal he illuminated now in the Biblioteca Apolistica Vaticana, Vatican City. Although trained in Florence, the Master of the Codex of Saint George spent much of his career in Avignon, home of the papal court from 1309 to 1377, where he assimilated characteristics of Sienese and French paintings of the period.The panels were once thought to constitute a complete devotional diptych, but careful examination has

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