The Entombment

c. 1470/1475

Andrea Mantegna

Associated Names
Andrea Mantegna

Artist, Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506

The scene features full-body depictions of multiple figures engaged in an event. Some figures are standing, crouched, or seated. Details of the figures' facial features and clothing are visible. The background includes rocky formations, a hill, and three crosses under a sky with clouds. An inscription on a stone block in the center reads "HVMANI GENERIS REDEMTO RI."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.1 x 45.5 cm (12 1/4 x 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1955.1.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.10, no. 2, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 45, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 167.

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.70.

Watermarks

Small Circle. Cf Br. 2925-7 (Nantes 1484 – Troyes 1552).

Wikidata ID

Q65214649

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