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Marcantonio Bassetti (1586-1630)
The Burial of the Virgin
Grey, brown and white oil paint on paper tinted brown | 19.0 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904845
Marcantonio Bassetti (1586-1630)
The Burial of the Virgin
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This drawing has been cut at the top and on the left. It principally shows the Apostles laying the Virgin in the tomb, but from the way in which some of them are gazing upwards to the left, it is clear that the composition must have been continued by a heavenly group encircled by clouds and putti, which just appear in the top left-hand corner.
Provenance
Probably from the collection of Consul Joseph Smith and bought by George III in 1762; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv.A, p.85; as 'After Tintoretto')
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Medium and techniques
Grey, brown and white oil paint on paper tinted brown
Measurements
19.0 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper)
