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Next ensues the Procession to the Sepulchre; and, last of all, there is the Entombment, which is represented in a great variety of forms.
The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion James Stalker 1887
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I am inclined to think that the Entombment was the production of a second-rate craftsman, working upon some design made by Michelangelo at the advanced period when the Passion of our Lord occupied his thoughts in Rome.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti John Addington Symonds 1866
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It is worth while to compare the "Entombment" with the same subject by
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But his contemporaries judged otherwise, and the "Entombment" ranked Raphael among the foremost of the Florentine painters.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Though it displayed more skill and beauty in detail, it repeated the mistake made six years previous in the "Entombment".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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We can scarcely accuse of religious insincerity the author of the "Entombment" and "Crowning with Thorns" of the Louvre, who after so many joyous pictures painted as his last testament and farewell to life the funereal "Pieta" of the Accademia of Venice.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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His "Entombment" at the Vatican, is one of the important works of modern painting and the manifestation of a new art.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Another marvellous work of the same period, also in the Louvre, is the "Entombment", surpassing all that has been done on the same subject.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Gaillon; while John, attracted to Tours, spent a few years in the atelier of Michel Colombe, famous as the sculptor of the "Entombment" in the Abbey of Solesmes.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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His principal sculptures are the colossal statue of St. Christopher with the Child Christ on his shoulder, at the south-west portal of the church of St. Sebald, a memorial of the Schlüsselfeld family, and the great "Entombment", dated 1446, in the chapel of St. Wolfgang, in the church of St. Egidius.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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