Entombment of Christ, two men lifting Christ into a tomb, with a shroud underneath the body, three crosses on Golgotha beyond
Artwork Details
- Title: Entombment of Christ, two men lifting Christ into a tomb, with a shroud underneath the body, three crosses on Golgotha beyond
- Series/Portfolio: Five engravings after the destroyed or detached frescoes of 1532/33 by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone in the cloister of S.Stefano, Venice
- Artist: Giacomo Piccini (Italian, born Venice, ca. 1617)
- Artist: After Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis) (Italian, Pordenone 1483?–1539 Ferrara)
- Date: ca. 1656
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. (15.9 x 18.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
- Object Number: 2012.136.292
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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