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 Bible Art

The Entombment/Deposition
Artist: Caravaggio
 1603-04    Painting

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Described by the Vatican Museum (which is now home to the painting) as “one of Caravaggio’s greatest masterpieces,” The Entombment was commissioned by Girolamo Vittrice for his family chapel in S. Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) in Rome. The scene shows mourners carrying Christ's body to its burial place, with John the Evangelist in a red cloak supporting Christ's torso, and Nicodemus carrying Christ's legs. A distraught Mary of Clopas, a weeping Mary Magdalene, and a bowed Virgin Mary accompany Christ to his burial.

This masterpiece is oil on canvas and is housed in Vatican City 

The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark
Artist: Jan The Elder Brueghel
 1613    Painting

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The painting is oil on panel and measures height: 54.6 cm (21.4 in); width: 83.8 cm (32.9 in).  It can be seen at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.