Entombment is the episode, which follows the Crucifixion
and is closely related to the Lamentation. It is described in all
four Gospels: Matthew 27:55-61; Mark 15:40-47; Luke 23:49-56; John 19:31-42.
In the evening of the execution day, Joseph of Arimathaea approached
Pilate and obtained his permission to bury Christ’s body. "Pilate gave
orders that he should have it. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean
linen sheet, and laid it in his own unused tomb, which he had cut out of
the rock. He then rolled a large stine against the entrance, and went away."
(Matthew 27:59-61). According to different evidence Joseph was helped
by Nicodemus, Mary Magdalene, Jesus’ mother, and some other women.
See: Fra Bartolommeo The
Entombment.
Hieronymus Bosch The
Entombment.
Caravaggio The
Entombment.
Vittore Carpaccio. The
Preparation for the Entombment of Christ (Meditation on the Dead Christ).
Eugène Delacroix The
Entombment of Christ.
Duccio di Buoninsegna. Maestà:
The
Entombment.
Fra Angelico. Entombment.
Hans Holbein The
Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb.
Pietro Lorenzetti. The
Entombment.
Edouard Manet. The
Angels at Christ's Tomb. (Les Anges au tombeau du Christ, Le Christ mort
aux anges).
Raphael Entombment.
Rembrandt. The
Entombment, The Entombment
of Christ.
Peter Paul Rubens The
Entombment.
Simone Martini. The
Entombment.
Titian Entombment
of Christ,
The Entombment.
Rogier van der Weyden Entombment
of Christ.