The Entombment of Christ

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Associated Names
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Sculptor, Paduan, 1470 - 1532

This is a rectangular relief sculpture depicting multiple people who carry or support a central person who appears lifeless. The lifeless person has long hair, a beard, and is nude except for a cloth tied around their waist. The crowd of figures is densely packed, with overlapping, outstretched limbs and flowing garments. The faces that emerge from the crowd convey expressions of grief, with many open mouths and downturned eyes. In each of the bottom corners there is a figure seated on the ground with their head bent. The sculpture is bronze colored, with a few areas of darker patina.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 11.81 × 16.55 cm (4 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
    gross weight: 984.9 gr (2.171 lb.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.269

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oscar Hainauer [d. 1894], Berlin; his wife, Julie Hainauer, Berlin; acquired 1906 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); by exchange 21 October 1920 to Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1897

  • Bode, Wilhelm von, ed. Die Sammlung Oscar Hainauer / The Collection of Oscar Hainauer. [bound as one volume, English and German pages interleaved in one page sequence] Berlin, 1897 and London, 1906: no. 148.

1908

  • A Cabinet of One Hundred & Thirty-Three Bronze Plaques and Medals of the Renaissance Period from the Collection of the Late Herr Oscar Hainauer of Berlin. Ed. Duveen Brothers. London, n.d. (but 1908): no. 4, repro.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.

Markings

Reverse bears former owner’s inscription at top, 2170(?) M. Ephrussi in black ink, as well as former inventory numbers P.7. in black paint (Bode/Thieme 1897/1906) and 4 in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908).

Wikidata ID

Q63809190

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