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The Entombment of Christ

Painting, Oil paint, Baroque 

Height 300cm, Width 203cm


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Caravaggio created one of his most admired altarpieces, The Entombment of Christ, in 1603–1604 for the second chapel on the right in Santa Maria in Vallicella (the Chiesa Nuova), a church built for ...
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Michelangelo Caravaggio
Italy
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of ...
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Pieter Paul Rubens Gallery

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Caravaggio's "The Entombment of Christ": A Masterpiece of Tenebrism and Emotion

This image depicts Michelangelo Caravaggio's masterpiece, *The Entombment of Christ*, created between 1603 and 1604. The painting is a quintessential example of Caravaggio's dramatic use of chiaroscuro, where stark contrasts of light and shadow heighten the emotional intensity of the scene. The co ...
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Caravaggio's "The Entombment of Christ": A Masterpiece of Tenebrism and Emotion

SUMMARY


This image depicts Michelangelo Caravaggio's masterpiece, *The Entombment of Christ*, created between 1603 and 1604. The painting is a quintessential example of Caravaggio's dramatic use of chiaroscuro, where stark contrasts of light and shadow heighten the emotional intensity of the scene. The co ...
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