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The Entombment

FRANCE, Théodore GERICAULT (manner of)
The Entombment
 (c. 1820)

Medium
oil on canvas

Measurements
80.5 × 64.7 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1953

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Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
France

Accession Number
3028-4

Department
International Painting

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
burials deaths Entombment of Christ (New Testament narrative) Jesus Christ (Christian character) men (male humans) Passion of Christ (New Testament narrative) shrouds

Frame

The frame on Gericault’s Entombment takes the form of a Louis XIV revival frame, built from gilded composition ornament on a wooden base.

Frame Details

Framemaker
Unknown - 19th century

Materials

timber, composition, gold leaf

Frame Condition

good original condition

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