# The Entombment, in 19th-century Britain

Sir Edward Burne-Jones painted this in 1879, aged 46. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 1879
- Medium: Green, blue, brown and touches of reddish bodycolor, heightened with white gouache (bodycolor)
- Dimensions: 12 x 18-3/4 in. (30.5 x 47.6 cm)
- Type: Drawings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 63.200.3
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Sir Edward Burne-Jones](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/sir-edward-burne-jones), British, 1833–1898

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