Christ's body is laid in the tomb by three angels. The print has a Latin caption.
Artist |
Aegidius II Sadeler
RKD
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Marco Angolo del Moro
RKD
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Joris Hoefnagel
RKD
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Title | The Entombment |
Date | 1588 |
Period | 16th century |
Location | Antwerp TGN |
Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, below: G: Sadler fe: / Cum prae:1588 |
printed inscription outside the depiction, below: EIX | |
printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Cum tua contemplor dulcissime funera IESV / Tam seuae causam me pudet esse necis / Et quoties grates vt cantet, fingere verba / Lingua cupit, meriti pondere victa cadit. | |
inscription on the reverse: 00 | |
inscription on the reverse: wapenschild met opschrift (liggend) | |
inscription on the reverse: STAD GENT / MUSEUM VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN GENT | |
Collection | print room |
Object type | burin engraving AAT |
Inventory number | 2014-NH |
Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NH |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11739/manifest.json |
Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11G angels Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H119 cave, grotto Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 42E31 grave, tomb Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73D7 from Christ's deposition to his entombment (Matthew 27:58-66; Mark 15:46-47; Luke 23:53-56; John 19:39-42) Iconclass 73D76 Christ's entombment (possibly by angels) Iconclass |
School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XXI. Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : Text ; Vol. XXII : Plates / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein, Dieuwke De Hoop Scheffer, Karel Gerard Boon. - Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1980 (20) |
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