[Christ deposited in the sepulchre] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Christ deposited in the sepulchre] [graphic].
Contributor: Raphael, 1483-1520, artist.
Published / Created: [17--?]
Publication Place: England?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Interior of a cave, the body of Christ being lowered on a sheet by three men and a woman. St. Mary Magdalene kneels and kisses his feet at left, the Virgin supported by a holy woman at center
Description: Title devised by curator.
After a painting by Raphael.
Questionable date supplied by cataloger.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Mat: 27" and "Mar: 15" etched below image in lower right.
Mounted on page 155 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill P ress (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Contemporary manuscript annotation in lower margin: Raphael p.
Provenance: Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent: 1 print : image 20.7 x 15 cm, on sheet 21.8 x 16 cm
Language: Latin

Genre: Reproductions
Engravings England 1700
Etchings England 1700
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic): Crucifixion
Subjects: Jesus Christ > Crucifixion
England > 1700
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

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