Santo entierro caravaggio biography
Santo entierro caravaggio biography
Caravaggio biography book.
The Entombment of Christ (Caravaggio)
Painting by Caravaggio
| The Entombment of Christ | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Caravaggio |
| Year | 1603–1604 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 300 cm × 203 cm (120 in × 80 in) |
| Location | Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City |
Caravaggio created one of his most admired altarpieces, The Entombment of Christ, in 1603–1604 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.[1] 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,[2]Fragonard, Géricault and Cézanne.[1]
History
On 11 July 1575, Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585) issued a bull confirming the formation of a new society called the Oratory and granting it the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella.
Two months after the bull, the rebuild