Artist: Annibale Carracci
Date: 1595
Size: 44 x 35 cm
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
Technique: Oil On Copper
Inside a dark cavern, dramatically lit by a torch, Christ’s limp but powerful body is about to be lowered into his tomb. Light on the horizon signals either sunset on his earthly life or sunrise in anticipation of a new beginning with his resurrection. This richly painted oil on copper was commissioned by a canon of the cathedral of San Pietro in Bologna as a gift to an important figure in Rome, but in the end the canon kept it and sent a copy by Guido Reni.
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