The Entombment (Titian, 1559)

The Entombment

Artist	Titian
Year	1559
Type	oil on canvas
Dimensions	137 cm × 175 cm (54 in × 69 in)
Location	Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Entombment is a 1559 painting by Titian, commissioned by Philip II of Spain. In this painting, Tizian uses the mature style characterized by the use of broad brushwork and brilliant colours. The figure holding Christ body is Nicodemus, the Jewish elder that secretly visited Jesus at night to learn about his teachings. The figure of Nicodemus bears the traits of the artist himself. This could have been inspired by Michelangelo's idea in his unfinished Pietà from 1550, depicting himself as Nicodemus, supporting the body of Christ displayed in the Cathedral in Florence. The stone sarcophagus where Christ body is placed is decorated with depictions of Cain and Abel and the Sacrifice of Isaac - themes that according to the Christian faith predicted the sacrifice of Jesus.^[1]

References

1. ↑ "TIZIANO Vecellio.Entombment". www.wga.hu. Retrieved 2015. 

Bibliography

• Augusto Gentili, Tiziano, editore Giunti, 1990

External links

• Works by Titian in the collection of the Museo del Prado No. P440

Titian (List of works) Portraits Jacopo Pesaro being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter (1503–06) A Man with a Quilted Sleeve (c. 1509) La Schiavona (1510–12) Vincenzo Mosti (c. 1520) Young Woman in a Black Dress (c. 1520) Man with a Glove (c. 1520) Laura Dianti (c. 1520–25) Federico II Gonzaga (c. 1529) Charles V with a Dog (1533) Ippolito de' Medici (1533) Giacomo Doria (1533–35) Isabella d'Este (1534–36) La Bella (c. 1536) A Young Englishman (1540–45) Clarissa Strozzi (1542) The Vendramin Family (1543–47) Pietro Aretino (1545) Lavinia Vecellio (c. 1545) Pope Paul III (1545–46) Pope Paul III and His Grandsons (1545–46) Equestrian Portrait of Charles V (1548) Charles V (1548) Isabella of Portugal (1548) Philip II in Armour (1550) Christina of Denmark (1555–56) Jacopo Strada (1567–68) Self portraits Self-Portrait (1546–47) Self-Portrait (c. 1560) History painting Pastoral Concert (c. 1509 – also attributed to Giorgione) The Gypsy Madonna (c. 1510) Miracle of the Jealous Husband (1511) The Three Ages of Man (c. 1512–14) Balbi Holy Conversation (c. 1513) Sacred and Profane Love (c. 1514) Tarquin and Lucretia (1515) Flora (c. 1515) Salome (c. 1515) Vanity (c. 1515) Violante (c. 1515) Woman with a Mirror (c. 1515) The Tribute Money (c. 1516) The Worship of Venus (1518–19) Venus Anadyomene (c. 1520) Averoldi Polyptych (1520–22) Bacchus and Ariadne (1520–23) The Bacchanal of the Andrians (1523–26) Venus of Urbino (1538) Alfonso d'Avalos Addressing his Troops (1540) Venus and Music (1547) The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (c. 1548–59) The Punishment of Tythus (1549) The Fall of Man (c. 1550) Venus and Adonis (c. 1553) Danaë (series) (1543–65) Mater Dolorosa (c. 1555) Venus with a Mirror (1555) Diana and Actaeon (1556–59) Diana and Callisto (1556–59) The Death of Actaeon (c. 1559–75) Venus and Adonis (c. 1560) Venus Blindfolding Cupid (c. 1565) Allegory of Prudence (c. 1565–70) Tarquin and Lucretia (1569–71) Punishment of Marsyas (1570–76) Biblical Christ Carrying the Cross (c. 1505 – also attributed to Giorgione) St. Mark Enthroned (c. 1510) Noli me tangere (c. 1514) Assumption of the Virgin (1516–18) Pesaro Madonna (1519–26) Gozzi Altarpiece (1520) Malchiostro Annunciation (c. 1520) The Entombment of Christ (c. 1520) The Madonna of the Rabbit (1530) Penitent Magdalene (1533) Saint John the Baptist (1540) The Crowning with Thorns (1542–43) Saint Jerome in Penitence (1552) Saint Jerome in Penitence (1575) Crucifixion (1558) The Entombment (1559) St Margaret and the Dragon (c. 1559) Annunciation (1559–64) Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1560) Penitent Magdalene (1565) Saint Sebastian (c. 1575) Pietà (1576)