Skip to main content

Link to Smithsonian homepage

Smithsonian Music

Main menu

  • Calendar
  • Listen
  • Learn
    • Ask Smithsonian
    • Collections Spotlights
    • Music Stories
  • Watch
  • Blog

Christ Laid in the Sepulchre

Object Details

Description
Mezzotint after painting formerly attributed to Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) once in the Cabinet at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, as a copy. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. Marsh probably wrote the numeral 54 in pencil in the lower right corner.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
artist attribution
Parmigianino
publisher
Boydell, John
Boydell, Josiah
engraver
Hodges, Charles Howard
date made
1788
Credit Line
Marsh Collection
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 39.75 cm x 30.5 cm; 15 21/32 in x 12 in
plate: 36.75 cm x 27.75 cm; 14 15/32 in x 10 15/16 in
Object Name
Print
mezzotint
print
' mezzotint
Object Type
Mezzotint
Other Terms
Print; Intaglio; Mezzotint
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.
View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Link to Smithsonian homepage

  • About
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
Back to Top