The Entombment

c. 1509

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, after Andrea Mantegna

Associated Names
Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Artist, Italian, active c. 1490 - 1525 or after

Andrea Mantegna

Artist After, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506

This is a drawing of a group of people engaged in a scene of mourning or religious significance. The scene is detailed with a backdrop of hills and crosses. The artwork includes figures displaying various emotions, with some figures supporting or carrying the lifeless body of a central figure wrapped in a shroud. The landscape features rocky outcrops and distant clouds. The inscription "HVMANI GENERIS REDEMpTORI" is prominently placed in the foreground beside the central figure. The artwork is richly textured, with careful attention to the folds of the clothing and the expressions of the figures, likely created in a traditional style reminiscent of Renaissance engravings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.5 x 42.9 cm (11 1/4 x 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.439

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.12, no. 2, State a

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 32.

1936

  • The Centennial Exposition: Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures, Graphic Arts, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1936, no. 9.

1956

  • Selected Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 1956.

  • Renaissance to Roccoco: A Loan Exhibition of Italian Engravings and Woodcuts, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1956, no cat.

1960

  • Graphic Masterpieces of 500 Years from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Louisiana State University Library, Baton Rouge, 1960, no. 16.

  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1960, no cat.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 182.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.71.

Watermarks

Three Mounts in Circle with Star. Close to Br. 11932 (Rome 1578)

Wikidata ID

Q64952884

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