The Entombment, after Mantegna 17th century School of Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch Rembrandt famously claimed that it was possible to learn about Italian art without ever leaving his native Holland. Prints, which are portable and relatively inexpensive, facilitated such study by disseminating art and innovation from different regions. The present drawing is an example of an artist from Rembrandt’s circle studying an engraving of Christ’s Entombment by Andrea Mantegna (see ). The draftsman focused on the Italian master’s dynamic figures, such as the grief-stricken mourners in th
The Entombment, after Mantegna 17th century School of Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch Rembrandt famously claimed that it was possible to learn about Italian art without ever leaving his native Holland. Prints, which are portable and relatively inexpensive, facilitated such study by disseminating art and innovation from different regions. The present drawing is an example of an artist from Rembrandt’s circle studying an engraving of Christ’s Entombment by Andrea Mantegna (see ). The draftsman focused on the Italian master’s dynamic figures, such as the grief-stricken mourners in the foreground, and his characteristic diagonal hatching, leaving out other elements of the composition The Entombment, after Mantegna. School of Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam). 17th century. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over preliminary lines in red chalk, heightened with white on Japanese Costumes-Tapestries
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