Entombment of Christ

Title

Entombment of Christ

Draughtsman

• Willem Joseph Laquy

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Late Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• watercolours
• red chalk?
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gum arabic
• Vergé paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• red chalk drawing?
• pen drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Laquy / inv:

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

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Joseph of Arimathea

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,57-61
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,42-47
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,50-56

Primary

• 73D74 bearing of Christ's body to the grave