Study for Christ in The Entombment
Bartolomeo Neroni (Il Riccio)
16th century
Medium
Brush and brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions
9-3/8 x 8-3/8 in. (23.8 x 21.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession Number
80.3.57
Tags
Christ
About the Artist
Bartolomeo Neroni (Il Riccio) · 1505–1571
Bartolomeo Neroni, known as Il Riccio or Riccio Sanese, was a multifaceted artist of the Sienese School, born around 1505 in Siena, Italy, where he spent his life and died in 1571. A painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and even manuscript illuminator, Neroni exemplified the Renaissance ideal of the polymath, blending artistic creativity with practical ingenuity. His nickname "Il Riccio," meani...