The Entombment

ca. 1656–57

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 3 7/16 x 6 1/8 in. (8.8 x 15.6 cm.)
Collection no.: 61.123.1
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Nicolas Poussin. The Entombment. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Entombment — Nicolas Poussin. ca. 1656–57.

Medium: Pen and brown ink. Dimensions: 3 7/16 x 6 1/8 in. (8.8 x 15.6 cm.).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1961.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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