Frédéric Goerg

The Entombment of Christ

1940

Work on paper

Work on canvas

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 individual, whose expression betrays s...

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

The Lamentation Of Christ, 17th Century follower of CARAVAGGIO (1571-1610) 17th century Italian Old Master depiction of the Lamentation Of Christ, oil on canvas laid to panel. Exce...

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...

The composition repeats that of a large altarpiece designed by Annibale Carracci for the church of San Francesco a Ripa, Rome (now in the Louvre, Par...