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Dieric Bouts: The Entombment

Artist



Alternative names	Dierick Bouts, Dirck Bouts, Dirk Bouts, Thierry Bouts, Meester van de Parel van Brabant, Dieric Bouts the Elder
Description	Southern Netherlandish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	circa 1420 date QS:P,+1420-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	6 May 1475
Location of birth/death	Haarlem	Leuven
Work period	from 1444/1448 until 1475
Work location	Leuven; City of Brussels; Haarlem
Authority file	: Q313561 VIAF: 17270527 ISNI: 0000000108747393 ULAN: 500024814 LCCN: n91066787 MusicBrainz: 11f6d0cf-9e44-45c1-8cdc-0e448348674e WorldCat

Title

Deutsch: Die Grablegung

Ελληνικά: Η Ταφή του Κυρίου

English: The Entombment

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Description

entombment of Christ

Depicted people

Date

circa 1450

Medium

tempera on linen

Dimensions

height: 87.5 cm (34.4 in); width: 73.6 cm (28.9 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000123422001 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Current location

Room 63

Accession number

NG664

Place of creation

Habsburg Netherlands

Credit line

Bought, 1860

References

National Gallery

Source/Photographer

[1]

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:18, 1 January 2013	3,463 × 4,226 (2.84 MB)	Boo-Boo Baroo	higher resolution, likely more realistic colour
	01:10, 20 September 2011	1,600 × 1,953 (427 KB)	Badseed	larger file-resolution
	04:07, 19 May 2005	1,256 × 1,557 (250 KB)	File Upload Bot (Eloquence)	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''de:'' Die Grablegung \|Technique=<br /> ''de:'' Baumwollgewebe \|Dimensions=<br /> ''de:'' 90 × 74 cm \|Location=<br /> ''de:'' London \|Country=<br /> ''de:'' Niederlande \|Gallery=<br /> ''de:'' National Gallery