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Dark painting of mourners lowering a body in a white shroud into a tomb, lit by a lantern at lower right, with a cave opening behind.

The Entombment

A dark painting of a body in a white shroud being lowered into a stone tomb by a group of mourners lit by a single lantern at lower right. Figures crowd around the body, some holding the linen, while a rocky cave opening and a distant landscape with a glimmer of light sit in the background.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1639
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2964 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1639; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: El entierro (Rembrandt, 1639)

Pintura oscura de un cuerpo envuelto en una sábana blanca que un grupo de dolientes baja hacia una tumba de piedra, iluminada por una linterna en la esquina inferior derecha. Varias figuras rodean el cuerpo, algunas sosteniendo el lienzo, y al fondo se ven una abertura rocosa y un paisaje lejano.

Português: O sepultamento (Rembrandt, 1639)

Pintura escura de um corpo envolto em mortalha branca sendo baixado para um túmulo de pedra por um grupo de enlutados, iluminado por uma lanterna no canto inferior direito. Várias figuras cercam o corpo, algumas segurando o linho, e ao fundo aparecem uma abertura rochosa e uma paisagem distante.

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