Peter Paul Rubens, 1612 - The Entombment - fine art print

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Description by The J. Paul Getty Museum (© - by The J. Paul Getty Museum - The J. Paul Getty Museum)

Peter Paul Rubens depicted the moment after the Crucifixion and before the Resurrection when Christ is placed into the tomb. He is being supported by those closest to him in life: John the Evangelist, in a brilliant red robe, bears the weight of Christ; Mary Magdalene cries in the background; while Mary, the mother of James the Younger and Joseph, bows her head in sorrow. Mary, the mother of Christ, cradles his head and looks heavenward for divine intercession.

The Entombment was meant to make the viewer's religious experience personal and encourage the faithful to imagine the physical horror of Christ's Crucifixion. Christ's tortured features confront the viewer, and our attention is focused on his corpse, sacrifice, and suffering. Wounds are openly displayed: blood flows from the gaping laceration in Christ's side and the puncture wounds on his hands. Rubens contrasted the living and the dead by juxtaposing the lifeless body and green-tinged skin of Christ with the healthy complexion of St. John.

This painting was probably made to serve as an altarpiece in a small chapel, perhaps one dedicated to the Eucharist. The slab on which the body is placed suggests an altar, while the sheaf of wheat alludes to the bread of the Eucharist, the equivalent of Christ's body in the Mass.

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In the year 1612 Peter Paul Rubens created this 17th century painting "The Entombment". The artwork can be viewed in in the The J. Paul Getty Museum's digital art collection, which is part of the J. Paul Getty trust and is one of the world's largest arts organizations worldwide. It seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting, and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance.. With courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum (public domain license).The creditline of the artwork is the following: . Further, the alignment is square and has a side ratio of 1 : 1, which implies that the length is equal to the width. The diplomat, painter Peter Paul Rubens was an artist, whose style can mainly be assigned to Baroque. The artist was born in the year 1577 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and died at the age of 63 in 1640 in Antwerp, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium.

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