The Entombment

1529-1530

Parmigianino

Artist, Parmese, 1503 - 1540

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.4 × 20.6 cm (10 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 20.7 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1976.39.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 46, State (as Guido Reni after Parmigiano)


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

1999

  • Religion and Politics: The Renaissance Print in Social Context, Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, 1999, no. 45.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001.

2004

  • The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.

Bibliography

1802

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

1998

  • Reed, Sue Welsh. "Three States of Parmigianino's Etching The Resurrection of Christ." In Discerning Eye & Eloquent Line. Palo Alto, 1998: footnote 1.

1999

  • Johnson, Charles. Religion & Politics: The Renaissance Print in Social Context. Exh. cat. Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, 1999: no. 45; illus., p.73.

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: at bottom left in graphite in later hand: 117 [circled]; at lower right in graphite in later hand: c35375TEX

Markings

none

Watermarks

five-petaled flower above hand

Wikidata ID

Q65576055


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