Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Copie d’après Le Titien (Study after Titian’s Entombment of Christ) c.1864 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 20 x 29.5 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione di Cristo c.1520 Musée du Louvre, Paris …
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione di Cristo (The Entombment of Christ) c.1520 Oil on canvas, 148 x 212 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione nel sepolcro 1559 Museo del Prado, Madrid Copies: Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Copie d’après Le Titien c.1864 Rhode Island…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Asunción de la Virgen (The Assumption of the Virgin) 1577–1579 Oil on canvas, 403.2 × 211.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting was the central element of the altarpiece that was El Greco’s first major…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Cristo morto nel sepolcro e tre dolenti (The Dead Christ and Three Mourners) 1470–1474 Tempera on canvas, 68 x 81 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Resurrection c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, transferred to oak wood, 91.9 x 67 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Entombment c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 68.9 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six paintings however do…
Guercino (1591-1666) Assunzione della Vergine (Assumption of the Virgin) 1st half of the 17th century Oil on canvas, 307 x 332 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Guercino (1591-1666) Deposizione nel sepolcro (The Entombment) 1656 Oil on canvas, 146.7 x 221.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Guercino’s career is unusually well documented, in part due to the survival of his account books, which reveal that he…
Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo morto compianto dagli angeli (Dead Christ mourned by Two Angels) c.1617–1618 Oil on copper, 36.8 x 44.4 cm National Gallery, London This small painting depicts a solemn religious scene. Two angels kneel in quiet contemplation next to…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Cristo in pietà (Christ in the Sepulchre) c.1480–1482 Oil on panel, 21 x 41 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Predella of the Altarpiece of St. Barnabas. Altarpiece of St. Barnabas: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di San Barnaba c.1480–1482 Galleria degli…