Entombment of Christ

Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella)

model ca. 1498–1500 (possibly cast 17th century) · Copper alloy with warm brown patina. · Robert Lehman Collection

The composition, in particular the body of Christ, is derived from a gilt-bronze Entombment relief from Mantua, possibly after a design by Andrea Mantegna. This piece is an old aftercast with considerable loss of detail, possibly from the seventeenth century.

Artist

Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella)

Date

model ca. 1498–1500 (possibly cast 17th century)

Medium

Copper alloy with warm brown patina.

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975