Entombment of Christ

Title

Entombment of Christ

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Francesco Penni ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• opaque white
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Florentine

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for an engraving?

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet oben mittig (mit Bleistift): Lit. S. / N 39; unten mittig: Ecole romaine Lit; unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): Raphael D'urbin / Dans la maniere de p[...]
Verso oben mittig Marke des Kunsthändlers Guillaume-Jean Constantin, Paris (Lugt 3000), mit eingestempelter Nummer 120, bezeichnet in der Kartusche: Raphael D'urbin. / Collection Crozat, Nourri / et St. Maurice; Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,57-61
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,42-47
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,52-56
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,38-42

Primary

• 73D76 Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Alternative Attribution

• Martino Rota draughtsman; by note on mount
• Bernardino Campi imitator; draughtsman; by note on mount
• Ferrarese draughtsman; by note on mount

Historic Attribution

• Luca Penni draughtsman
• Raphael draughtsman