The Entombment
1530
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1530
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The painting shows a group of people placing a body in a tomb. It's an etching, which is a technique that involves scratching a design into a metal plate. The artist used this method to create a lot of detail and texture in the image, like the folds of the clothes and the expressions on the faces. You can learn more about this technique by looking into etching.
