A work made of pen and brown ink, with touches of graphite and a later (?) addition of gray wash to head of christ, on buff laid paper, squared in red chalk, laid down on cream laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper.

The Entombment of Christ

1579/93

Federico Barocci (Italian, c. 1535-1612) or follower

Italy

This monumental composition served as a modello, or presentation drawing, for Barroci's altarpiece in Santa Croce in Senigallia. The sophisticated geometry of Barroci's complex pictorial construction is revealed by his squaring of the work; the unusually energetic and brittle line may indicate his intention to have a print made to publicize this important commission in an out-of-the-way church.

Pen and brown ink, with touches of graphite and a later (?) addition of gray wash to head of Christ, on buff laid paper, squared in red chalk, laid down on cream laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper

Prints and Drawings