The Entombment of Christ
Object type: Statuette group
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Spanish, Madrid
Artist: Luisa Roldán, called La Roldana
Artist bio: Spanish, Seville 1652–1706 Madrid
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Spanish
Date: 1700–1701
Medium: Polychrome terracotta
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 19 1/2 × 26 × 17 in. (49.5 × 66 × 43.2 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund, Álvaro Saieh Bendeck and Alejandro Santo Domingo Gifts, and Mary Trumbull Adams Fund; Edward J. Gallagher Jr. Bequest, in memory of his father, Edward Joseph Gallagher, his mother, Ann Hay Gallagher, and his son, Edward Joseph Gallagher III; The Bernard and Audrey Aronson Charitable Trust Gift, in memory of her beloved husband, Bernard Aronson; Anonymous Gift and Louis V. Bell Fund, 2016
Accession year: 2016
Tags: Mary Magdalene|Entombment|Christ