Early 18th-Century Spanish School, Christ In The Tomb Older Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size:

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 29” x 23” / 74cm x 58cmYear of creation: 1843Provenance: EnglishCondition: Areas of craquelure but the paint layer is stable

It’s an evocative portrayal of motherhood and a poignant celebration of new life

Albert Pieter Hahn was a Dutch political cartoonist

with the grandest pieces taking many months

Corbet was also inspired by George Frederick Watts (1817-1904) who you may know for his work ‘Hope’ that’s currently at the Tate

Early 18th-Century Spanish School, Christ In The Tomb Older Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size:This evocative early 18th century oil painting depicts Christ in the tomb partially wrapped in a white linen shroud. Its probably of Spanish origin. Images of Christs listless corpse laid out on cut rock have taken numerous forms over the years and are also referred to as The Entombment of Christ or Dead Christ. One of the earliest was produced by Hans Holbein the Younger between 1520 and 1522, and when seen in person, its grotesque sense of realism