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The entombment

The entombment
 (c. 1480)

Medium
engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1922
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving
Measurements
16.3 × 11.5 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 18
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: M+S
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: B: 8 / C 7575 / Early (...illeg.)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: 60 78c
inscribed in pen and brown ink l.c.: P Davidsohn / 77
stamped in purple ink l.l.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
Accession Number
1232-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1922
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)
Ceremonial and Funerary Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
burials corpses (bodies) Entombment of Christ (New Testament narrative) Jesus Christ (Christian character) mourners Passion of Christ (New Testament narrative) tombs
Movements
Renaissance

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