Sujet

The Entombment; Book of Hours, about 1405-1410. Creator: Masters of Dirc van Delf.

Légende

The Entombment; Book of Hours, about 1405-1410. Additional Info:In this miniature of the Entombment, the Virgin, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus, their eyes expressing sadness, gently lay Jesus' body into the tomb. The Virgin contemplates her son's face and the meaning of his death, on which the viewer is also called to meditate. The figures' broad forms extend beyond the confines of the painted frame, blurring the distinction between the miniature's and the viewer's space. The viewer is thus invited into the scene, especially by the figure on the right, who turns in toward Jesus in a position analogous to that of the observer. While the artist created naturalistic, three-dimensional figures and a seemingly weighty sculpted sarcophagus, he still placed them before a traditional flat pattern of small, colored squares or diamonds, an abstract design called a diapered ground.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A67_347

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,3Mo (2,2Mo) / 29,4cm x 42,0cm / 3475 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe female women woman people male man men family religious arts religion metal parent virgin book guy blood Netherlands Dutch color stigmata dead mother death medieval Christianity tomb Christ gold mausoleum saint Santa Jesus Jesus Christ motherhood century burial Virgin Mary parenting Bible burying literature Biblical miniature concept grief mourning santo manuscript st joseph grieving mum prayer book Colour New Testament life of Christ Joseph of Arimathea dead body Joseph mediaeval Middle Ages Madonna gold leaf mourner mourners Saint Joseph 15th century book of hours entombment fifteenth century illuminated manuscript tempera TGN vellum manuscript Nicodemus Heritage Art Low Countries Burying the dead folio verso Tempera colours gold leaf and ink Masters of Dirc van Delf Delf Masters of Dirc van Dirc van Delf Masters of Masters of Dirc van Delft Dirc van Delft Masters of Delft Masters of Dirc van