The Entombment of Christ (Caravaggio)

The Entombment of Christ
Italian: Deposizione
ArtistCaravaggio
Year1603–1604
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions300 cm × 203 cm (120 in × 80 in)
LocationPinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City

The Entombment of Christ is an oil on canvas painting by Caravaggio, from 1603–1604. It was created for the second chapel on the right in Santa Maria in Vallicella (the Chiesa Nuova), a church built for the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. A copy of the painting is now in the chapel, and the original is in the Vatican Pinacoteca. The painting has been copied by artists as diverse as Rubens, Fragonard, Géricault and Cézanne.

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