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The Entombment

The Entombment
(L’enselivissement)
 1870-1878

Medium
watercolour, gouache, gold paint and gum arabic over pencil on 2 sheets of paper
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1905
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
watercolour, gouache, gold paint and gum arabic over pencil on 2 sheets of paper
Measurements
94.1 × 112.2 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bennett A88.2
Inscription
inscribed in brown watercolour l.l.: F.M.B. (monogram) 71-78
Accession Number
209-2
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1905
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Bible stories cloth Entombment of Christ (New Testament narrative) Joseph of Arimathea, Saint (Christian character) robes (main garments) tombs
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite

Frame

The frame for Madox Brown’s The Entombment is carved in timber in a form referred to in Italy as Canaletto – in Great Britain more likely as a Lely frame. It is a much used form that allows ornament to be carved in relief at the corners – quite shallow and within the overall profile of the section. These are frames that present decorative corners but hold back in the scale and significance of the ornament.
This may not be the first framing of the work.

Frame Details

Framemaker
Charles Rowley
Manchester
Date
1888-1897 (suggested by address on label)
Materials

carved timber and gold leaf.

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