File:Peter Paul Rubens - The entombment of Christ (Cambrai).jpg

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Summary

Peter Paul Rubens: The Entombment (Christ carried to the tomb)

Artist



Alternative names	Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Description	Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	28 June 1577	30 May 1640
Location of birth/death	Siegen	Antwerp
Work period	16^th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location	Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), City of Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), City of Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)
Authority file	: Q5599 VIAF: 56647196 ISNI: 0000000121341267 ULAN: 500002921 LCCN: n79055561 NLA: 36442606 WorldCat

Title

English: The entombment of Christ

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Description

English: The entombment shows Joseph of Arimatea and Nicodemus carrying the body of Jesus, accompanied by Saint John and several women. One of these women is the Virgin Mary in the dark blue clothes. The woman in green clothes is Mary Magdalene and she was modelled by Isabella Brant, Rubens' first wife.

Depicted people

Jesus

Date

circa 1616

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 398 cm (13 ft); width: 280 cm (110.2 in)

Collection

Institution:Église Saint-Géry

Current location

Cambrai

Object history

English: The painting was bought by Canon Sébastien Briquet and donated to the Capuchins of Cameroon in 1616 for the church of Saint-Aubert, now Saint-Géry.

References

Source/Photographer

https://www.paulverheijen.nl/rubens-graflegging.php

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