The Entombment of Christ

A photograph of a drawing depicting The Entombment of Christ now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 197). This drawing was historically attributed to Raphael but it is currently catalogued as by an unknown French artist.

According to Cordellier/Py (see Bibliographic References) a print by Lucas Vostermann (see RCIN 850554 for it) reproduces a drawing by Raphael depicting The Entombment of Christ when in the Arundel collection. The composition of this drawing (now lost) is known through other drawings; among them, one in the Louvre, Paris (inv. no. 10165; probably reproduced in the print at RCIN 850553), one listed by Ruland (1876) as being then in the possession of Sir George Warnon but not included in the Raphael Collection, one catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of Mr Grahl (see RCIN 850557 for a photograph of it) and the drawing photographed here.