The Entombment
Medium
Steel engraving; second state
Dimensions
sheet: 20 1/4 x 23 11/16 in. (51.5 x 60.2 cm) plate: 13 3/4 x 16 7/16 in. (34.9 x 41.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.491
Tags
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and department will find *The Entombment*1850), a poignant steel engraving by Johann Friedrichbeck, with Joseph van Keller as the engraver. This second-state impression captures a sacred biblical moment: the lowering of Christ's body into the tomb, surrounded by grieving figures including men and women. Overbeck, a key figure in Germany's Nazarene movement—a 19th-century revival of Raphael-inspired purity and religious devotion—infused his works with spiritual intensity and classical clarity, making this scene a testament to his commitment ...