The Entombment is an unfinished painting of the Entombment of Christ attributed to the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti, and dated c. 1500-1501. It is in the National Gallery in London.
The chronological position of this work has been the source of some dispute, although it is generally considered an early work. According to some, it was executed by one of Michelangelo's pupils from a drawing by the master, or was a direct imita...
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The Entombment is an unfinished painting of the Entombment of Christ attributed to the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti, and dated c. 1500-1501. It is in the National Gallery in London.
The chronological position of this work has been the source of some dispute, although it is generally considered an early work. According to some, it was executed by one of Michelangelo's pupils from a drawing by the master, or was a direct imitation.
According to documents discovered in 1981, Michelangelo had been commissioned to paint a panel for the church of Sant'Agostino in Rome, but in the end the artist gave back the sum received. Although no certainty exists, it is probable that the work in question was the Entombment, which remained unfinished upon Michelangelo's return to Florence.
The centre of the panel portrays Christ carried to the sepulchre. The bearded elderly man behind him is Joseph of Arimathea, who gave up his tomb for use as Christ's sepulchre. The figure on the...
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