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Caravaggio’s ‘Entombment of Christ’ and the birth of Christian archaeology

01/2022 | 1426 | 164

Pages: 34-40

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Author:

Danesi Squarzina, Silvia (Danesi Squarzina, Silvia; Squarzina, Silvia Danesi)

Subjects

artists:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da / Camuccini, Vincenzo

buildings:

Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, Italy

dates:

1600-1649

sources:

Bosio, Antonio / Aringhi, Paolo / Neri (Saint), Philip

subjects:

Early Christian / Catacombs / Archaeology / Wall paintings / Jesus Christ: Entombment / Antiquarianism / Antiquities

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Italian art

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Mosaics

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The entombment of Christ, after Caravaggio, by Pietro Fontana after a drawing by Luigi Cochetti. c.1821, published 1834. Engraving, 51.9 by 35.6 cm. (Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome).

Attributed works:

10. St Philip Neri at prayer in the Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Engraving. (From P. Aringhi: Unterirdisches Rom, ed. J.F. Haagen, Arnheim 1668, p.238; Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).

Attributed works:

2. The entombment of Christ, by Caravaggio. c.1602–04. Oil on canvas, 306 by 214 cm. (Vatican Museums).

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3. The entombment of Christ, by Filippo and Vincenzo Cocchi, Domenico Cerasoli and Antonio Castellini after Caravaggio. c.1821. Mosaic, 300 by 190 cm. (Sacristy of St Peter’s, Rome).

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4. The entombment of Christ, by Vincenzo Camuccini after Caravaggio. 1796. Oil on canvas, 306 by 214 cm. (Private collection; photograph A. Vasari).

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5. Woman in prayer. Mural painting, 2nd–3rd century. Cuniculum of the Five Saints, Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Chromolithograph by G. Mariani. (From G.B. de Rossi: La Roma sotterranea cristiana, Rome 1877, III, pl.3).

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6. Frontispiece from P. Aringhi, ed.: Roma subterranea novissima, Rome 1651, by Giuseppe Baroni. Engraving, 41 by 26 cm. (Photograph Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).

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8. The burial of St Lucy, by Caravaggio. 1608. Oil on canvas, 408 by 300 cm. (S. Lucia, Syracuse; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

9. St Philip Neri at prayer in the Catacombs of S. Callisto, Rome. Engraving. (From P. Aringhi: Roma subterranea novissima, Rome 1651, p.195; Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).

Western art unattributed:

7. Wall tombs in the Catacombs of S. Sebastiano, Rome. 2nd century. (Photograph Granger; Bridgeman Images).

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Remarks on the Patronage of Caravaggio's 'Entombment of Christ'

07/2001 | 1180 | 143

Pages: 426-429

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Author:

Sickel, Lothar (Sickel, Lothar)

Subjects

artists:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

buildings:

Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, Italy

dates:

1590-1609

museums and institutions:

Musei Vaticani, Rome, Italy

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Italian painting / Patronage

subjects:

Jesus Christ: Entombment

Illustrations

Attributed works:

21. The Entombment of Christ, by Caravaggio. 300 by 203 cm. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City).

Attributed works:

23. The Fortune-Teller, by Caravaggio. 99 by 131 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

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A Drawing by Cortona for the Chiesa Nuova, Rome

05/1980 | 926 | 122

Pages: 340-342

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artists:

Cortona, Pietro da

buildings:

Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, Italy

dates:

1600-1699

places:

Rome / Italy

subjects:

Italian painting / Drawings

Illustrations

Attributed works:

73. Angels Bearing the Cross and Instruments of the Passion, by Pietro da Cortona. Pen and Ink. 19.4 by 18.6 cm. (Bristol City Art Gallery).

Attributed works:

74. Angels Bearing the Cross and Instruments of the Passion, by Pietro da Cortona. Pen and Ink, 19.4 by 18.6 cm. (Bristol City Art Gallery).

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Rubens Marginalia 1

07/1978 | 904 | 120

Pages: 450+455-457

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Author:

Gelder, J. G. van (Gelder, J. G. van; Gelder, Jan Gerrit van)

Subjects

artists:

Rubens, Peter Paul

artists:

Eynhoudts, Remoldus

artists:

Bisschop, Jan de

buildings:

Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, Italy

collectors and dealers:

Seilern, Antoine

dates:

1600-1649

museums and institutions:

Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Flemish painting / Drawings

subjects:

Gregory the Great, Saint

subjects:

Flavia Domitilla, Saint

subjects:

Mary, Virgin / Altarpieces

subjects:

Watermarks / Drawings

Illustrations

Attributed works:

11. Saints Gregory the Great, Maurus, Papianus, Flavia Domitilla, Nereus and Achilleus. By P. P. Rubens. Drawing, 73.5 by 43.5 cm. (Musée Fabre, Montpellier).

Attributed works:

12. Gregory the Great and Other Saints. By P. P. Rubens. Panel, 61.6 by 46.5 cm. (Collection Count Seilern, London).

Attributed works:

13. Madonna and Child, Gregory the Great and Other Saints. By Jan de Bisschop after P. P. Rubens. Drawing, 46 by 32 cm. (Collection John P. Hardy, London).

Attributed works:

14 Madonna and Child, Gregory the Great and Other Saints. By R. Eynhoudts after P. P. Rubens. Etching, Here Reproduced in Reverse, 38.6 by 24 cm. (Teylers Museum, Haarlem).

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Rubens's First Bozzetto for Sta. Maria in Vallicella

10/1964 | 739 | 106

Pages: 440+442-451

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Author:

Müller Hofstede, Justus (Müller Hofstede, Justus; Hofstede, Justus Müller)

Subjects

buildings:

Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, Italy

dates:

1600-1649

museums and institutions:

Maurus, Saint / Papianus, Saint

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Flemish painting / Oil sketches

subjects:

Saints / Sacra Conversazione

subjects:

Gregory the Great, Saint / Domitilla, Saint

subjects:

Formal analysis / Composition (artistic arrangement)

subjects:

Altarpieces / Iconography / Drawings

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. SS. Gregory, Domitilla, Maurus and Papianus, by Peter Paul Rubens. Canvas, 148 by 118 cm. (Private Collection, Switzerland.)

Attributed works:

10. I sei Santi, by Niccolò Boldrini after Titian. Woodcut. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.)

Attributed works:

11. SS. Gregory, Maurus and Papianus, Domitilla, Nereus and Achilleus, by Peter Paul Rubens. Brush and Brown Ink over Black Chalk, 73.5 by 43.5 cm. (Musée Fabre, Montpellier.)

Attributed works:

12. St Domitilla, by Peter Paul Rubens. Oil on Paper Mounted on Panel, 75 by 56 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo.)

Attributed works:

13. SS. Gregory, Maurus and Papianus, Domitilla, Nereus and Achilleus, by Peter Paul Rubens. Panel, 61.5 by 46.5 cm. (Collection Count Seilern, London.)

Attributed works:

14. SS. Gregory, Domitilla, Maurus and Papianus, Nereus and Achilleus, by Peter Paul Rubens. Canvas, 474 by 286 cm. (Musée de Peintre et de Sculpture, Grenoble.)

Attributed works:

2. Detail from Bozzetto Reproduced in Fig.1, Showing Head of St Gregory.

Attributed works:

3. Detail from Bozzetto Reproduced in Fig.1, Showing Head of St Domitilla.

Attributed works:

4. SS. Gregory, Domitilla, Maurus and Papianus, by Peter Paul Rubens. Canvas, 146 by 119 cm. (In the Care of the Oberfinanzdirektion, Munich.)

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5. Cardinal Baronius in His 'Studiolo', by Philipp Galle after Francesco Villamena. 1602-3. Engraving. (Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam.)

Attributed works:

6. SS. Gregory, Maurus and Papianus, Domitilla and Petronilla (?), by Peter Paul Rubens. Pen and Brown Ink, 21 by 37 cm. (Burchard Collection, London.)

Attributed works:

7. St Domitilla, by Peter Paul Rubens. Brush and Pen with Brown Ink, 47 by 31.5 cm. (Burchard Collection, London.)

Attributed works:

8. Detail from Engraving Reproduced in Fig.5, Showing Devotional Picture on Cardinal Baronius's Desk.

Attributed works:

9. SS. Gregory, Maurus, Papianus and an Unknown Legionary, Domitilla, Nereus and Achilleus, by J.-B. de Wit, after Peter Paul Rubens. Etching (Reproduced in Reverse.) (Albertina, Vienna.)

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