The Entombment, by Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp, c. 1640 - 1652
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The Entombment

Also titled De graflegging

Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (1612–1652)

c. 1640 - 1652

Medium
panel, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

De graflegging. Het lichaam van Christus wordt naar het graf in een rotswand gedragen. Verschillende personen dragen het lichaam, anderen kijken toe.