Frans Boijmans bought this imposing drawing at auction in 1798. It depicts the moment just before Christ’s body was anointed, after
which it was wrapped in a shroud and laid in the tomb. A man wearing glasses holds up Christ’s left hand, which will be anointed with a blend of myrrh and aloe. Two young women hold a ewer and basin ready. The drawing was probably a design for a painting that is now lost.
Specifications
| Title | The Entombment of Christ |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk, pen and brush and brown and grey ink, brown and grey wash, corrections with white bodycolour |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 322 mm Width 408 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Peter Paul Rubens
|
| Accession number | MB 340 (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in circa 1600-1608 |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Internal exhibitions |
Van Pisanello tot Cézanne (1992) Rubens, Jordaens, Van Dyck en tijdgenoten (2001) De Collectie Twee - wissel III, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) |
| External exhibitions |
Rubens. Painter of Sketches (2018) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Grey wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Southern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Peter Paul Rubens
Siegen 1577 - Antwerpen 1640
The Antwerp painter Peter Paul Rubens was appointed court artist to the Duke of Mantua in Italy at a young age. In 1603 he travelled to Madrid, where he was...
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