Graflegging van Christus
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Dutch
Voor de opening in een rots ligt het lichaam van Christus op een steen, ondersteund door Maria en Johannes. Maria Magdalena knielt bij zijn voeten. Jozef van Arimatea en Nicodemus staan iets achter hen. Op de achtergrond een heuvelachtig landschap met rechts de berg van Golgotha.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-1902-A-22505
Meanwhile, in the life of Cornelis Cort
The whole life1565–1566
Move to Venice, Living in Titian's House
In 1565–1566 Cort lived in Venice in the house of Titian, who immediately recognized his abilities and gave him his finest paintings to reproduce.
1565–1566 · Workplace
Venice
1566–1569 · Workplace
Rome
after 1567
Return to Italy: Venice, Bologna, Rome
Having returned from Italy to the Netherlands, Cort left again for Venice shortly after 1567, and from there traveled to Bologna and Rome, where he engraved after the paintings of the great masters of the time.
1569–1571 · Workplace
Florence
1570s
Roman School of Engravers and Work for Lafreri
In Rome he worked extensively for the publishing house of Antonio Lafreri and founded a famous school of engravers that produced a whole line of skilled masters; his manner was later developed by Agostino Carracci.
