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Η ταφή του Χριστού
The Entombment of Christ
Made in Venice, this work is representative of a particular phase in the artist's development, that is, at a time when he sought to assimilate the teachings of the art of the Renaissance: the articulation of space in perspective, emphasised here by placing the marble sarcophagus on an angle and by the way the figures stand in space, as well as by the modelling of volumes through chiaroscuro and th…
Creator
- Greco
- El Greco
Subject
- entombment of Christ
Type of item
- oil paintings (visual works)
- religious art
Medium
- oil tempera
Creator
- Greco
- El Greco
Subject
- entombment of Christ
Type of item
- oil paintings (visual works)
- religious art
Medium
- oil tempera
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- 1568-1570
- 1568/1570
- 1568/1570
Current location
- Athens
Identifier
- GRE_280_02
Extent
- 51,5 x 42,9 cm.
Language
- English
Providing country
- Greece
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-02-24T10:15:55.769Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-02-02T15:17:20.359Z