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Dark painting of mourners lowering a body in a white shroud into a tomb, lit by a lantern at lower right, with a cave opening behind.

The Entombment (Rembrandt, 1639)

A dark painting of a body in a white shroud being lowered into a stone tomb by a group of mourners lit by a single lantern at lower right. Figures crowd around the body, some holding the linen, while a rocky cave opening and a distant landscape with a glimmer of light sit in the background.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1639
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2964 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1639; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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