The Entombment of Christ
Giovanni Francesco Caroto, The Entombment of Christ, 1510, oil on wood, Gift of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation, public domain, 61.42
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- Title
The Entombment of Christ
- Artist
- Date
1510
- Period
High Renaissance (late 15th-1520s)
- Medium
oil on wood
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
11 3/4 in x 14 in
- Collection Area
European Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
Italian
- Credit Line
Gift of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
- Accession Number
61.42
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Renaissance painters were frequently called upon to depict complex religious images that combine several incidents in a single frame. In The Entombment of Christ, Giovanni Francesco Caroto unified disparate events in a broad, deep landscape in which spatial distance indicates separation in time. In the foreground is the burial of Jesus, attended by several mourners including St. Veronica, who holds the veil imprinted with Christ's image. The background scenes are from various earlier and later episodes in the Christian story: On the lake is the Miraculous Draught of Fishes; on the right, the Conversion of St. Paul; and kneeling on the hill is St. Jerome, who translated the Bible into Latin in the fourth century.