William Blake1805

The Entombment

Joseph of Arimathea, having begged the body of Jesus from Pilate, wraps it in clean linen and lays it in his own new tomb as the women look on (Matthew 27). A tempera on canvas by the British artist and poet William Blake (1805).

The Entombment by William Blake depicting Matthew 27:57
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About William Blake

1757-1827 · British

British, London 1757–1827 London