Artwork
Deposição de Cristo no Túmulo
Deposição de Cristo no Túmulo is an oil painting by the Mannerist artist Cristóvão de Figueiredo. It dates from 1525 and is held in the collection of the National Museum of Ancient Art.
About this work
Overview
Deposição de Cristo no Túmulo is a 1525 oil painting by Cristóvão de Figueiredo, a Portuguese Renaissance artist. The work portrays the entombment of Christ in a somber, Mannerist style.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a pivotal moment in Christian iconography: the placement of Christ's body in a tomb. Figures in dark robes gather around the draped, supine figure on a stone slab, conveying sorrow and reverence.
Technique & Style
Figueiredo employed muted colors and a subdued palette to evoke solemnity. The composition, set against a backdrop of trees and rocky cliffs, reflects the Mannerist influences of his time.
History & Provenance
Created during Figueiredo's active period in Lisbon, the painting is now part of the collection at the National Museum of Ancient Art. Figueiredo often collaborated with contemporaries on altarpiece projects for Portuguese monasteries.
Context
This work was produced during the Portuguese Renaissance, a time of flourishing artistic collaboration, as evidenced by Figueiredo's work with artists like Francisco Henriques and Gregório Lopes on monastery altarpieces.
Legacy
While specific lasting impacts of *Deposição de Cristo no Túmulo* on subsequent art movements are not prominently documented, it remains a significant example of 16th-century Portuguese Mannerist painting.
Artist & collection
Artist
Cristóvão de Figueiredo (died c. 1540) was a Portuguese Renaissance painter. Like many other important painters of the time, Cristóvão de Figueiredo was a pupil of Master Jorge Afonso, in Lisbon, in the early 16th…
