The Entombment of Christ

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, Jr. (1665-1745), London [Lugt 2170]. Sir Charles W. A. Oakeley (1825-1915), Tunbridge Wells, Kent, [inscription]; sold, Sotheby's, London, February 13, 1896, Oakeley Sale, lot 32, to Walker. W. Maxwell Bolton, Larchfield, Cheshire; sold, Sotheby's, London, July 8, 1964, lot 23, to Yvonne French. Mr. and Mrs. Hans M. Calmann, (1899-1982) London. Sold by John and Paul Herring and Company, Inc., New York, to the Art Institute, 1983.

The Entombment of Christ

Federico Barocci

1579/93

Accession Number

100036

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with touches of graphite and a later (?) addition of gray wash to head of Christ, on buff laid paper, squared in red chalk, laid down on cream laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper

Dimensions

48.5 × 34.2 cm (19 1/8 × 13 1/2 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Anonymous gift