A procession carries the body of Jesus through a crowd of mourners. Ivanov sketches a whole city of grief, with the white figures of the bearers at its center.
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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
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)
Where to see it
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
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Image: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
