Entombment
Artist
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
(Italian, 1675 – 1741)
Dateca. 1701-8
CultureItalian
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN176
Amid the rise of such varieties of painting as landscape and genre scenes, which previously had been considered minor categories in academic circles, history painting continued to be lauded as the loftiest genre. Academicians in particular claimed that religious, literary, or historic paintings required a particularly elevated level of technical skill and intellectual acumen. Pellegrini displays his virtuosity in this religious work by combining vibrant tones (inspired by Veronese) with difficult poses, such as the foreshortened figure in white in the foreground.
On View
Not on viewFrame: 45 1/2 × 57 5/16 × 2 3/16 in. (115.5 × 145.5 × 5.5 cm)
