Masters/Heinrich Hofmann/The Entombment of Christ
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Inside the tomb, the body of Jesus lies on a linen sheet while a woman kneels at His head and another stands with a cloth. Light falls through the doorway at the upper left, where others wait.
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Other masters in room 63, Laid in a New Tomb:
Carl Bloch
The Burial, 1865–1879
Oil on copper
Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle
One of the 23 King's Oratory paintings
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
Image: Wikimedia Commons (from the Internet Archive). The work itself is in the public domain.
