print
- Museum number
- 1845,0825.667
- Description
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The Entombment, a copy in reverse after Mantegna; the body of Christ at right held by two men in a shroud above a tomb inscribed: 'HUMANI GENERIS REDEMPTORI', with three mourning figures behind; on the left St John and the three Holy Women.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1470-1500
- Dimensions
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Height: 283 millimetres (top corners made up)
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Width: 423 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- A fine contemporary copy in a good impression. Bartsch attributed the plate to Zoan Andrea without any obvious justification.
See also Jay A. Levinson, Konrad Oberhuber, and Jacquelyn Sheehan, Early Italian Engravings from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 71.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1845
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1845,0825.667