The Entombment

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, after Andrea Mantegna

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a group of people engaged in a scene of mourning or religious significance. The scene is detailed with a backdrop of hills and crosses. The artwork includes figures displaying various emotions, with some figures supporting or carrying the lifeless body of a central figure wrapped in a shroud. The landscape features rocky outcrops and distant clouds. The inscription "HVMANI GENERIS REDEMpTORI" is prominently placed in the foreground beside the central figure. The artwork is richly textured, with careful attention to the folds of the clothing and the expressions of the figures, likely created in a traditional style reminiscent of Renaissance engravings.