# The Entombment

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CRESPI, Daniele](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-daniele-r779a5b8efab228>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 123 x 99 cm

## Commentary

Crespi&#39;s painting is somber in mood and pathetically tormented. Faithful to the biblical text, the entombment of Christ takes place at night. The moon emerging from behind the clouds casts only a momentary ray of light on the figures, the natural phenomenon and the human activity fuse into a cosmic union.

## Related artworks

- [Cain Killing Abel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-daniele-r779a5b8efab228/cain-killing-abel-r4737e4add9b385>)
- [Flagellation of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-daniele-r779a5b8efab228/flagellation-of-christ-rbfe64ab77eb376>)
- [Painting of the sanctuary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-daniele-r779a5b8efab228/painting-of-the-sanctuary-r64deca6e2daae7>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-daniele-r779a5b8efab228/piet-rb267f9ac59619d>)
- [Porrtrait of Antonio Olgiati](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-daniele-r779a5b8efab228/porrtrait-of-antonio-olgiati-reb4a192520318b>)
- [Portrait of a Gentleman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-daniele-r779a5b8efab228/portrait-of-a-gentleman-r7d1273abf5002d>)
- [The Head of St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-daniele-r779a5b8efab228/the-head-of-st-john-the-baptist-reb09e9e8d49a26>)
- [The Last Supper](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-daniele-r779a5b8efab228/the-last-supper-r0c3ebc8ecf73ec>)

## Attribution

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