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Object Name |
The Deposition |
Object ID# |
MC 0642 |
Artist (original) |
M. M. Caravaggio |
Artist (replica) |
copy by Joseph & Jan Gabanek |
Date |
c. 1603 |
Description |
The Deposition was considered one of Caravaggio's greatest masterpieces. Caravaggio did not portray the deposition or burial in the traditional way with Christ shown in the tomb. Christ is shown as he is laid on the anointing stone by Nicodemus and John. Around the body are Mary (Mother), Mary Magdalene, and Mary of Cleophas, who raises her arms and eyes to heaven in a gesture of high dramatic tension. Caravaggio, who arrived in Rome in 1592, was certainly the most important personage of the "realist" trend of seventeenth century painting. Caravaggio was both criticised and admired for his vivid realism, his use of contemporary costumes and settings, his rejection of idealization, and the immediacy and simplicity of his approach. His technical methods were revolutionary: he is recorded as painting directly on to the canvas from a model, instead of working from sketches and squared-up preparatory drawings. Much of Rembrandt's work stems from him. Painting after M.M. Caravaggio (1573-1610) by Joseph Gabanek for Biblical Museum of Canada |
Place of Origin |
Israel |
Medium |
Painting |
Material |
Oil Paint on canvas (orig. and copy) |
Metzger Location |
Roman Empire |
Location of Original |
The Vatican Museums Rome |
Dimensions |
H-72 W-52 inches |