Who created "The Entombment of Christ"?

The Entombment of Christ was created by Federico Barocci in 1579/93.

When was "The Entombment of Christ" created?

This artwork was created 1579/93.

The Entombment of Christ

Q: What medium is "The Entombment of Christ"?

The Entombment of Christ is Pen and brown ink, with touches of graphite and a later (?) addition of gray wash to head of Christ, on buff laid paper, squared in red chalk, laid down on cream laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper.

Federico Barocci

1579/93

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with touches of graphite and a later (?) addition of gray wash to head of Christ, on buff laid paper, squared in red chalk, laid down on cream laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper

Dimensions

48.5 × 34.2 cm (19 1/8 × 13 1/2 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

100036

About the Artist

Federico Barocci · 1535–1612

Federico Barocci (c. 1535–1612) was an Italian painter from Urbino whose luminous, emotionally tender religious paintings made him one of the most original and influential artists of the late sixteenth century, bridging Mannerism and the early Baroque. Born in Urbino, the city of Raphael, he studied under Battista Franco and traveled to Rome, where he absorbed the lessons of Raphael, Correggio, an...

The Entombment of Christ

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