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Follow Christ’s body along the tomb from his bowed head to his feet, then look at the bearded man standing apart at left.
Parmigianino was celebrated as an etcher as well as a painter and draftsman, and prints like this one spread his style to artists throughout Europe. Christ’s body is laid along the edge of the tomb while a veiled woman bends over him and mourners crowd behind. The etched lines stay loose and open, close to the look of his pen drawings.
Etching, printed in black, on paper · 32.7 × 23.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · High Renaissance and Mannerism
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- Museum title
- The Entombment
- Artist
- Parmigianino Italian, 1503-1540
- Date
- c. 1525–35
- Medium
- Etching, printed in black, on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.7 × 23.7 cm (12 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Bernard F. Rogers Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1503–1540
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.