The Entombment (Michelangelo)
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| - | The '''Entombment''' or '''Burial''' of [[Jesus]] [[Christ]] occurred after his [[death]], when, according to the [[Historical reliability of the Gospels|gospel accounts]], he was placed in a [[Tomb of Jesus|new tomb]] belonging to [[Joseph of Arimathea]]. | + | '''''The Entombment''''' is an unfinished painting of the [[Entombment of Christ|placing of the body of Jesus in the garden tomb]], attributed to the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti and dated to around 1500 or 1501. It is in the [[National Gallery, London|National Gallery]] in [[London]], which purchased the work in 1868 from [[Robert Turnbull Macpherson|Robert Macpherson]], a Scottish photographer resident in [[Rome]] who had discovered the painting there. |
| - | ==Biblical account== | + | {{GFDL}} |
| - | All four [[Canonical gospels]] state that, on the evening of the [[Crucifixion]], [[Joseph of Arimathea]] asked Pilate for the body of Jesus, and that, after [[Pilate]] granted his request, he wrapped Jesus' body in a [[Shroud of Turin|linen cloth]] and [[Descent from the Cross|laid it]] in a [[Tomb of Jesus|tomb]]. John records that Joseph was assisted in the burial process by [[Nicodemus]], who brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes and included these spices in the burial cloth as per Jewish customs. Matthew 27:66 mentions that they "made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard." | + | |
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| - | ==Theological significance== | + | |
| - | [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]] includes the burial in his statement of the gospel in verses 3 and 4 of [[1 Corinthians 15]]: "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures" ([[KJV]]). This appears to be an early pre-Pauline [[creed|credal statement]]. | + | |
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| - | The burial of Christ is specifically mentioned in the [[Apostles' Creed]], where it says that Jesus was "[[Crucifixion of Jesus|crucified]], dead, and buried." The [[Heidelberg Catechism]] asks "Why was he buried?" and gives the answer "His burial testified that He had really died." | + | |
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| - | The [[Catechism of the Catholic Church]] states that, "It is the mystery of [[Holy Saturday]], when Christ, lying in the tomb, reveals God's great sabbath rest after the fulfillment of man's salvation, which brings peace to the whole universe" and that "Christ's stay in the tomb constitutes the real link between his [[wiktionary:passible|passible]] state before Easter and his glorious and risen state today." | + | |
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| - | ==Depiction in art== | + | |
| - | :''[[Death of Jesus]]'' | + | |
| - | The Entombment of Christ has been a popular subject in art, being developed in Western Europe in the 10th century. It appears in cycles of the ''[[Life of Christ]]'', where it follows the [[Deposition of Christ]] or the [[Lamentation of Christ]]. Since the Renaissance, it has sometimes been combined or conflated with one of these. | + | |
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| - | ===Notable works=== | + | |
| - | *[[The Entombment (Michelangelo)]] | + | |
| - | *[[The Deposition (Raphael)]] | + | |
| - | *[[The Entombment of Christ (Caravaggio)]] | + | |
| - | *[[The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb]] | + | |
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| - | ==Use in hymnody== | + | |
| - | The [[Spiritual (music)|African-American spiritual]] ''Were you there?'' has the line "Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?" while the [[Christmas carol]] ''[[We Three Kings]]'' includes the [[s:We Three Kings of Orient Are|verse]]: | + | |
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| - | Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume | + | |
| - | Breathes a life of gathering gloom; | + | |
| - | Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, | + | |
| - | Sealed in the stone cold tomb. | + | |
| - | </poem></blockquote> | + | |
| - | [[John Wilbur Chapman]]'s hymn "One Day" interprets the burial of Christ by saying "Buried, He carried my sins far away.{{GFDL}} | + | |
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The Entombment is an unfinished painting of the placing of the body of Jesus in the garden tomb, attributed to the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti and dated to around 1500 or 1501. It is in the National Gallery in London, which purchased the work in 1868 from Robert Macpherson, a Scottish photographer resident in Rome who had discovered the painting there.
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