Best Entombment
The Entombment of Christ is an oil painting made by Caravaggio around 1602 to 1604 for a chapel in the Chiesa Nuova in Rome and now held by the Vatican Pinacoteca. It shows Christ's body being carried toward a stone slab by Nicodemus and John, with mourning women behind them; the figures form a desc...
Jacopo Pontormo painted this large panel between 1525 and 1528 for the Capponi Chapel in Santa Felicita, Florence, where it remains. Commonly called the Entombment or Deposition, it shows a tightly interwoven group carrying Christ's body, but omits a clearly depicted cross, tomb, or stable ground. I...
The Baglioni Entombment is an altarpiece painted by Raphael in 1507 for Atalanta Baglioni and intended for the Baglioni family chapel in the church of San Francesco al Prato in Perugia. Its main panel shows Christ's body being carried toward the tomb as mourners react through forceful gestures and m...
Altarpiece by the Bolognese Baroque painter Guercino depicting the Entombment of Christ, held in the Vatican Pinacoteca and characteristic of his dramatic use of light and shadow.
