FOLLOWER OF FEDERICO BAROCCI (Italian, 1526-1612). THE ENTOMBMENT OF CHRIST, oil on canvas - 59 in. x 45 in. Estimate $6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE: Howard Peaslee of Washington, DC Christ Church, Capitol Hill, Washington DC
not lined, buckling at lower left corner; two canvas patches on reverse at center, craquelure pattern allover, stretcher stress especially at cross stretcher; UV: inpainting scattered throughout; to face of Virgin, attendants, across Christ's shoulders, to lower cheek of Mary Magdalene, and elsewhere