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New Testament subjects

New Testament subjects

NEPOMUK STRIXNER (1782-1855)

The Entombment of Christ

dated 1817

Lithograph | 35.4 x 24.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850550

A lithograph depicting The Entombment of Christ which Ruland (1876) catalogued as being after a painting then in Munich. Signed and dated by the printmaker with the attribution of the design to Raphael.

This lithograph shows similarities with a print by Enea Vico (see RCIN 850548 for it) and a currently untraceable drawing (see RCIN 850547 for a photograph of it) that Massari (see Bibliographic References) believes to be by Raphael.

  • Creator(s)

    Nepomuk Strixner (1782-1855) (lithographer)

    After? Raphael (1483-1520) (draughtsman)

    Associated with Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)

    Associated with Enea Vico (1523-67) (engraver)

    Subject(s)

    Saint Joseph of Arimathea
  • 35.4 x 24.2 cm (sheet of paper)

    33.5 x 22.4 cm (image)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of Christ
            • Passion of Christ
              • Entombment of Christ
              • Deposition from the Cross
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.170, no. IV.1-2 (entries written by Stefania Massari)

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.45 D.XLI.4