Stanzione was born in Orta di Atella. He worked in Naples and also in Rome. He died in the great plague in Naples.
Massimo Stanzione
about 1585? - 1656
Paintings by Massimo Stanzione
After Massimo Stanzione
Christ’s body has been taken down from the Cross and lies on the white shroud in which he will be placed in the tomb. Behind him is the Virgin Mary, eyes raised to heaven in grief, and alongside her Saint John the Evangelist, mopping his eyes with a handkerchief, and a second woman, probably Mary...
Not on display