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