JAN DE BRAY | The Lamentation

Jan de Bray was the son of the painter Salomon de Bray. Jan spent virutally the whole of his career in Haarlem, bar two years in Amsterdam from 1686–88. In its religious subject matter, this little-known Lamentation is rare; in addition to his history subjects, over half Jan's painted output consists of portraits (individual and double portraits, as well as his extremely important group portraits of the 1660s and 70s relating to the regent and the local militia company).