Masters/Carl Bloch/The Burial
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Two men lower the body of Jesus onto a white linen sheet at the mouth of the tomb. Commons identifies them as Nicodemus at the left and Joseph of Arimathea at the right. John says Nicodemus brought a hundred pounds of myrrh and aloes.
The mourners stand close at the left: Mary, John, and the women, heads bowed. The open door of the tomb waits in the rock behind them. In the grass in front, Bloch has painted white lilies.
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Other masters in room 63, Laid in a New Tomb:
Heinrich Hofmann
The Entombment of Christ, by 1893
Drawing, reproduced as an illustration
From an 1893 edition of Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
Antonio Ciseri
The Transport of Christ to the Sepulchre, 1870–1875
Oil on canvas
Gallery of Modern Art, Pitti Palace, Florence (version)
James Tissot
Jesus Carried to the Tomb, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.324)
Alexander Ivanov
The Burial of Christ, late 1840s–1858
Watercolor and pencil on paper (Biblical Sketches)
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
The King's Oratory, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark. The 23 paintings hang in the King's Oratory, next to the castle chapel. Frederiksborg says visitors can see them every day, all year.
Google MapsGoogle EarthImage: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
