UNKNOWN ICON PAINTER, Cretan
(late 15th century)

Christ in the Tomb

1490s
Egg tempera on wood, 64 x 50 cm
Ikonen-Museum, Recklinghausen

The representation of the dead Christ in half-length is derived from the Deposition, the Lamentation or the Entombment, and known in Byzantine art from as early as the 12th century.




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