Entombment of Christ, two men lifting Christ into a tomb, with a shroud underneath the body, three crosses on Golgotha beyond, from a series of five engravings after the destroyed or detached frescoes of 1532/33 by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone in the cloister of S.Stefano, Venice

Q: When was "Entombment of Christ, two men lifting Christ into a tomb, with a shroud underneath the body, three crosses on Golgotha beyond, from a series of five engravings after the destroyed or detached frescoes of 1532/33 by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone in the cloister of S.Stefano, Venice" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1656.

Q: Is "Entombment of Christ, two men lifting Christ into a tomb, with a shroud underneath the body, three crosses on Golgotha beyond, from a series of five engravings after the destroyed or detached frescoes of 1532/33 by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone in the cloister of S.Stefano, Venice" in the public domain?

Yes, Entombment of Christ, two men lifting Christ into a tomb, with a shroud underneath the body, three crosses on Golgotha beyond, from a series of five engravings after the destroyed or detached frescoes of 1532/33 by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone in the cloister of S.Stefano, Venice is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Giacomo Piccini|Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis)

ca. 1656

Entombment of Christ, two men lifting Christ into a tomb, with a shroud underneath the body, three crosses on Golgotha beyond, from a series of five engravings after the destroyed or detached frescoes of 1532/33 by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone in the cloister of S.Stefano, Venice by Giacomo Piccini|Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis)

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 6 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. (15.9 x 18.1 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.292

Tags

ChristMenEntombment

Art Historical Context

This engraving captures a poignant moment from the Passion of Christ, showing two men carefully lowering his body into a tomb, with the burial shroud visible beneath. In the background, three crosses stand on Golgotha, evoking the crucifixion that has just taken place. Created around 1656 by Giacomo Piccini, the print faithfully reproduces a now-lost fresco painted in 1532–33 by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (also known as Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis) for the cloister of Santo Stefano in Venice. Pordenone, a leading Venetian artist of the High Renaissance, was celebrated for his dynamic compo...

About the Artist

Italian, Bologna 1575–1642 Bologna|Italian, born Venice, ca. 1617|Italian, born Brescia, active Venice, ca. 1640–1691

Entombment of Christ, two men lifting Christ into a tomb, with a shroud underneath the body, three crosses on Golgotha beyond, from a series of five engravings after the destroyed or detached frescoes of 1532/33 by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone in the cloister of S.Stefano, Venice

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