Experience the splendor of the Spencer's iconic "Tympanum with the Lamentation (Pieta)." Graduate intern and recent art history PhD Sarah Dyer explores the history, original location, function, and style of this impressive portal sculpture once placed over the entrance of a Late Gothic Spanish church. ⛪

Senior Sessions are designed with accommodations for older adults but open to all.

Admission to this event and to the Spencer is free for everyone, always. Free parking is available in designated spaces on the first level of the Mississippi Street garage across from the Museum. Check in at the Museum’s Welcome Desk with your license plate number for parking validation.

Masters of 15th-Century Burgos School
Tympanum with the Lamentation (Pieta), circa 1500–1510
limestone, carving
Museum purchase and partial gift of Edward R. Lubin, 1963.0020.a,b,c