Object number2019.4.2

The Entombment of Christ

Date1585

Artist Andrea Andreani (Italian, 1546/60 - 1623)

after Raffaellino da Reggio (Italian, 1550 - 1578)

CultureItalian

MediumChiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in light brown, medium brown, dark brown and black on beige laid paper with watermark mounted on cream laid paper

DimensionsImage: 16 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (41.6 x 32.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Support: 21 x 16 3/16 in. (53.3 x 41.1 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, gift of Henry-Russell Hitchcock, by exchange

On View

Not on view

Period16th c

Classification(s)

InscribedWithin the plate, inscribed lower left: Raff. da Reggio Invent: Andrea Andriano / Manto: Intagliatore / All Ill.mo et Ecc: mo sig.r Don Giovanni / Medici / .1585; on verso, by unidentified hands, lower left corner in pencil: FLLAC 2019.4.2; lower right edge: K 1230

Catalogue raisonnéGraun 199 and 200BibliographyTakahatake, Naoko, Jonathan Bober, Jamie Gabbarelli, Antony Griffiths, Peter Parshall, and Linda Stiber Morenus. The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2018, cat. 101; von Bartsch, Adam. Le Peintre graveur. Vienna, 1803, cat. no. 24

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DescriptionRendered in shades of brown with a wash-like effect and white highlights, Joseph of Arimathia supports Christ's body on left, Mary Magdalene comforts the grieving Virgin Mary who is swooning in the foreground on right, and two other mourners are behind these groupings; a rock with a small tree and sky are visible in the background.

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