# The Deposition

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BÖCKLIN, Arnold](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Tempera and coloured varnish on panel, 160 x 250 cm

## Commentary

Böcklin&#39;s flair for archaization, one already employed by the Nazarenes, is seen in the Quattrocento colouring of this Deposition. Part camp theatricality, part convinced and convincing Christianity, part prophecy, this canvas proved to be an Avant-Garde and unpopular work when first exhibited at the Vienna Exposition.

## Related artworks

- [Attack by Pirates](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/attack-by-pirates-r76a07844562360>)
- [Campagna Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/campagna-landscape-r6f0a1f11f76228>)
- [Castle by the Sea \(Murder in the Castle Garden\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/castle-by-the-sea-murder-in-the-castle-garden-r83daf4cd3fff1a>)
- [Island of the Dead \(fifth version\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/island-of-the-dead-fifth-version-ree3f3d0295fbc1>)
- [Island of the Dead \(first version\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/island-of-the-dead-first-version-rdd5fbe0df96893>)
- [Island of the Dead \(second version\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/island-of-the-dead-second-version-r603a926cd42dc1>)
- [Island of the Dead \(third version\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/island-of-the-dead-third-version-r00c2acfefd852f>)
- [Odysseus and Polyphemus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/odysseus-and-polyphemus-r711af8855bc1b6>)
- [Pan Dancing with Children](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/pan-dancing-with-children-rfd123164ce0712>)
- [Pan in the Reeds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/pan-in-the-reeds-r8b0925e8c65415>)
- [Roger and Angelica](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/roger-and-angelica-rfe422b4db31f34>)
- [Sleeping Diana Watched by Two Fauns](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bcklin-arnold-rb29e9ff5ecefe6/sleeping-diana-watched-by-two-fauns-reee2adb7cb7365>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)