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 Christ borne to the tomb by two young men; near the body, behind, John, Joseph of Arimathea, and Mary Magdalen; at right, the Virgin swooning, supported by three women; background, rocky landscape with Calvary in distance. Painted in Perugia by order of Atalanta Baglioni, for her chapel in S. Francesco, where it remained until 1608, when it was removed to the Palazzo Borghese, a copy made by the Cavaliere di Arpino being put into its place. Carried in 1797 to Paris; returned to Vatican in 1815; afterward removed to Palazzo Borghese. Disfigured by splits and patches. Copies by F. Penni (1518), Turin Gallery; by Orazio Alfani, Perugia Gallery; by Sassoferrato, S. Pietro, Perugia; and others. Three round monochromes, Faith, Hope, and Charity, once the predella of the Entombment, are in the Vatican. The lunette representing God the Father surrounded by ten cherubs' heads is in the Perugia Gallery; designed, but not painted, by Raphael. Studies for Entombment in Louvre, Uffizi, Palazzo Borghese, etc. Engraved by Scalberg, Collin, Piroli, Volpato, Amsler, Scheich, and Masquelier. Predella, engraved by Desnoyers (1811), Landon, Koch.—C. & C., Raphael, i. 315; Passavant, i. 95, ii. 57; Rumohr, Italienische Forschungen, ii. 69; Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 327; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 422; Müntz, 233, 247; Perkins, Essay, 75.

By Il Rosso, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. 1 in. × 5 ft. 3 in. The body of Christ, on a cushion at the entrance of the tomb, is sustained by Nicodemus; at left, the Magdalen holds his feet; the Virgin, on her knees, with arms extended, swoons in the arms of one of the holy women. Probably the picture which, according to Vasari, was painted for Signor di Piombino, or that executed for the Constable.—Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 158, 171; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Landon, xii. Pl. 61.

By Tintoretto, Parma Gallery. Christ borne to the tomb in a desert place, with a melancholy sky, against which the three crosses are seen in the distance, together with the ruins of the cattle-shed of the nativity. In this picture sublimity of conception and grandeur of colour are seen in the highest perfection.—Ruskin, Mod. Painters, ii. 168; iii. 324.

By Tintoretto, S. Francesco della Vigna, Venice; canvas, arched at the top. In foreground, the Virgin swooning, attended by two women; in middleground, Christ borne to the tomb by the disciples, above them an angel with a wreath; in background, to right, the three crosses on a hill, with Roman soldiers. Engraved by L. Kilian.—Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne.

Entombment, Titian, Louvre.

By Titian, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. 10 in. × 6 ft. 8 in. The body of Christ suspended in a cloth, borne by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, the latter with one knee on a stone; St. John Evangelist, behind, holds up one arm; the Virgin and Magdalen at left. Painted in Mantua in 1523 for Duke Federigo Gonzaga; in inventory of the Mantuan Palace in 1627; passed thence to collection of Charles I., after whose death it was sold for £120 to Jabach,