The Entombment

Copyright

Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld

Maker

1480-1556

Title

The Entombment

Date of Production

c. 1550-1555

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 36.4 cm (canvas)
Width: 54.7 cm (canvas)

Object Number

P.1978.PG.226

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display

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Label Text

This is an unusual depiction of a familiar biblical subject. Two men carry the dead Christ towards his tomb on the right while, on the left, his bereaved mother, Mary, is supported by a group of women as she faints. The men’s turbans contrast with the women’s contemporary Italian dress.

Much of Lorenzo Lotto’s later work is imbued with intense spirituality. He spent the last years of his life attached to the Holy House of Loreto, leading a monastic life.

Provenance

William Russell Henry Wagner A. G. B. Russell, sale, Sotheby's, 9 June 1955, No. 6 where acquired through Colnaghi by Seilern; Princes Gate Bequest 1978.

Exhibition History

National Gallery (to be displayed with permanent collection), National Gallery, London, 01/09/1997-01/06/1998

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