This – presumably Antwerp – painting depicts Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus as they lay Christ’s lifeless body into the tomb. Joseph holds the body by the shoulders while Nicodemus, cloaked in gold brocade, holds the shroud in which Christ’s body had been wrapped. Behind him on the left Mary Magdalene carries the jar of ointment. John the Evangelist is comforting Jesus’ mother, Mary. The composition of this entombment was inspired by a carving in Albrecht Dürer’s engravings of The Small Passion. The anonymous master owes his name to a painting of Mary Magdalene, which originally belonged to the Marchese Giovanni Battista Mansi which is now owned by the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. His refined style is characterised by realism and attention to detail, a sober colour palette and the serenity of the figures.
| Artist |
Master of the Mansi Magdelen
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| Title | The Entombment |
| Date | ca. 1510 - ca. 1530 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | S-110 |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-110 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6907/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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religious symbolism
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300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
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11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST) John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass 11H(JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA) the Jewish councillor Joseph of Arimathaea; possible attributes: Holy Grail, instruments of the Passion (e.g. three nails, crown of thorns) Iconclass 11H(NICODEMUS) male saints (NICODEMUS) Iconclass 11HH(MARY MAGDALENE) the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge Iconclass 11Q43 stigmatization, stigmata Iconclass 25G1 plants (in general) Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 41A housing Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 41D221 head-gear Iconclass 41D26511 gold-thread embroidery Iconclass 46C11 road, path Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 42E31 grave, tomb Iconclass 42E33 sarcophagus Iconclass 61E(JERUSALEM) names of cities and villages (JERUSALEM) Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73D Passion of Christ Iconclass 73D612 the cross(es) in the background Iconclass 73D6712 loin-cloth ~ particularities of crucifixion scenes Iconclass 73D72 the mourning over the dead Christ Iconclass 73D721 lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns) Iconclass 73D7213 Christ's body on or in the grave Iconclass 73D76 Christ's entombment (possibly by angels) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Early Netherlandish AAT |
| Note des tableaux dessins et estampes déposés dans la ci-devant école de l'abbaye de Baudeloo. Ceux marqués d'un K sont conformes à la note du 10 ventôse an V, trouvés au quartier de l'abbé de Saint-Pierre / Charles Piot. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (nr. 430) |
| Notice des tableaux du musée de la ville de Gand, situé au local de l'académie royale de dessin, sculpture, architecture, etc. - Gand : D.J. Vanderhaeghen-Hulin, 1846 (nr. 68) |
| Catalogue du musée de peinture de la ville de Gand, 1900 / Louis Maeterlinck. - Gand : Imprimerie Victor Van Doosselaere, 1900 (nr. 25) |
| Meester van de Mansi-Magdalena / Max Julius Friedländer. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (vol. 36, p. 11) |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 95-96) |
| Early Netherlandish Painting / Max Julius Friedländer, Gerard Lemmens, Henri Pauwels. - Leyden : A.W. Sijthoff, 1967-1976 ; Brussels : La Connaissance, 1967-1976 (vol. 7, nr. 92, p. 71) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 27, 31) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent = Museum of Fine Arts Ghent / Claudie De Guillebon, Jacques Ostier, Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Parijs : Association des Amis de "Musées 2000", 1989 (p. 62, (ill. 100)) |
| Oude Meesters uit het Museum voor schone Kunsten Gent in de crypte van de Sint-Baafskathedraal. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2004 (s.p., cat. 29) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 18 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 19-127 (ill.)) |
| Sancta Erotica : Hoe de Kerk Maria Magdalena gebruikte / Guido Kindt. - Leuven : Uitgeverij van Halewyck, 2002 (p. 48 (ill. 6)) |
| Von Van Eyck bis Bruegel : Die frühen niederländischen Maler / Max Julius Friedländer. - Köln : Phaidon-Verlag, 1965 |
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