Why it matters
Christ is laid in a stone sarcophagus decorated with Cain and Abel and the binding of Isaac. It was the second Entombment Philip II commissioned from Titian, after a smaller one was lost on its way to Spain.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1559.
- It measures 137 × 175 cm.
- It was sent to Spain with Diana and Callisto and Diana and Actaeon.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Entombment (Titian, 1559) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
