The Entombment

1515-1573

Battista Angolo del Moro

Associated Names
Battista Angolo del Moro

Artist, Italian, c. 1515 - 1573

The image displays a group of figures surrounding a central figure lying down. The figures have detailed facial features, hair, and beards, with some wearing head coverings and others having long hair or beards. The group includes men and women wearing long robes and head coverings. The figures are in solemn positions, appearing to support or mourn the central individual. The background features a roughly textured surface with foliage above, giving the impression of a cave or rocky setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.9 × 12.7 cm (7 1/16 × 5 in.) (trimmed)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.516

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C.G. Boerner, LLC, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 12, 2005; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821: undesc.

1872

  • Meyer, Julius et al. Allegmeines Kunstler-Lexikon, unter Mitwirkung der namhaftesten Fachgelehrten des In- und Auslandes. 3 vols. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1972-1885: no. 21, only

Inscriptions

on verso, an arm traced in graphite and two sketches of a hand (one in graphite and one in red chalk)

Wikidata ID

Q76557074

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