| Title: | The Entombment of Christ |
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| Notes: | A short essay on the artistic and spiritual meaning of this artwork is available from The Visual Commentary on Scripture, https://thevcs.org/birth-church/descent-ascent. |
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| Date: | ca. 1600-1604 |
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| Artist: | Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610 |
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| Building: | Vatican Museums
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| Object/Function: | Painting |
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| Country: | Vatican City
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| Scripture: | John 18:1-19:42
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| Person as Subject: | Mary Magdalene (Biblical figure)
Mary, the mother of Jesus (Biblical figure)
John, the Apostle (Biblical figure)
Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | AHoly05
BHoly05
CHoly05
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| General Subject: | Visual Commentary on Scripture
Passion of Jesus Christ: Deposition of Christ
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https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57355
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| Copyright Source: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Entombment_of_Christ-Caravaggio_(c.1602-3).jpg |
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| Copyright Permission: | Please visit the URL in the Copyright Source field on this page for details about reusing this image. |
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| Attribution: | Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610. The Entombment of Christ, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57355 [retrieved March 25, 2023]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Entombment_of_Christ-Caravaggio_(c.1602-3).jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 57355
Last Updated: 2022-02-17 15:23:21
Record Created: 2020-02-07 09:29:09 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Unit:
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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