Pen and brown ink drawing on squared paper of figures lowering a limp body draped in cloth, with towers and a hill in the background.

The Entombment of Christ

A pen and brown ink drawing on buff paper, marked with a red chalk grid, showing several figures lowering a limp body draped in cloth. Bearded men support the central figure while a woman and others gather at the right, with towers and a hilltop rising behind.

Artist: Federico Barocci
Date: 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 chal
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 1200 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1593).
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