The Burial of Christ.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Thayer American, 1846 - 1847

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

After a work byAfter a work by Raphael Italian, 1483 - 1520

Date1845-1846

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 3/4 x 8 3/8in. (29.8 x 21.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10in. (35.6 x 25.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionTwo men carry the dead body of a third man towards a cave in a rocky cliff at the far right. Both men wear tunics and sandals. The man at the right also wears a cloak and a turban. He has a beard. The dead man has a beard and mustache and is clad only in a loincloth. Two stone steps lead to the entrance of the cave. Two men with halos look on from the right background. A young woman with a halo rushes forward and touches the dead man's right shoulder. A woman wearing a dress and veil collapses in the arms of a third woman. Both have halos above their heads. Three crosses are on a hill in the left background. A ladder leans against the middle cross. Small figures stand nearby.

Object number1950.202.120

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE BURIAL OF CHRIST. / 188."

On verso, upper left, in red ink, "938". Lower left, in blue pencil, "Print / Box 5 / #27". Lower right, in pencil, "consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 9 [crossed out] 61".NotesSource Note: The visual source for this print is Raphael's 1507 Entombment, in the Galleria Borghese in Rome. The composition is reversed; since Kellogg prints are usually oriented in the same way as their models, this may reflect the orientation of the intermediate source, presumably a reproductive engraving. (Finlay 2/9/2004)

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