Frédéric Goerg

The Entombment of Christ

1940

Work on paper

Work on canvas

Oil on canvas signed lower left This captivating work depicts a dramatic and tense scene of human interaction. In a dark interior, three men appear to be holding back a fourth indivi...

Work on paper mounted on wood 35.5 x 45.5 x 2 cm

An important & large Italian Baroque period oil painting on panel attributed to Daniele Crespi (1598-1630), "The Entombment of Christ", Milan circa 1620. See artist biography below. ...

J.Strebele oil on canvas signed lower left 110 x 98 cm The raising of Lazarus is one of the best-known and most significant miracle stories in the New Testament. Source: It is...

Beautifully painted, probably in the 19th or early 20th centuries, this copy of the famed "Le Transport du Christ au Tombeau" painting by Titian (Tiziano) in the collection of the Louvre in Paris, was recently found in the attic of a Hudson Valley monastery. The Louvre original, considered an early painting by the master, dates to the same period as his famous "Pastoral Concert" and shows the strong influence of Gorgione. This scene depicts the collaborative efforts of Joseph of Arimathea, Saint John and Nicodemus as they moved Christ's body from the cross to his tomb, watched by the two grieving Marys -- his mother and Mary Magdalene. It is not known who painted this copy, though of course artists over the years have copied the great Master paintings...

Spirituality and Christianity played an important role for Hamstra in, as he put it himself, 'the making' of his artworks. combined, he wanted to create a powerful, almost ghostly sa...