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Christ in the Tomb supported by the Virgin

Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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A predella panel from an unknown altarpiece, this painting may date from the early 1490s. Images of the dead Christ have a Eucharistic significance and here the cross and nail on the left recall the Passion. Unusually, the Virgin is given equal prominence with her son, being placed in front of the tomb. The expressiveness and gracefulness of this painting is typical of Granacci's work.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

Christ in the Tomb supported by the Virgin

Date

early 1490s

Medium

tempera & oil (?) & gilding on panel

Measurements

H 27 x W 50 cm

Accession number

WA1913.7

Acquisition method

Presented by Bernard Berenson, 1913

Work type

Painting

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