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The Entombment is a 1559 oil-on-canvas painting by the Venetian painter Titian, commissioned by Philip II of Spain. It depicts the burial of Jesus in a stone sarcophagus, which is decorated with depictions of Cain and Abel and the binding of Isaac.  The painting measures 137 cm × 175 cm (54 in × 69 in) and is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Titian made several other paintings depicting the same subject, including a similar version of 1572 given as a gift to Antonio Pérez and now also in the Prado, and an earlier version of c.1520 made for the Duke of Mantua and now in the Louvre.
The painting is the second of this subject commissioned from Titian by Philip II of Spain.  A smaller version of 1557 was lost on its journey to Spain.  This second larger version was sent to Spain in 1559 along with Titian's Diana and Callisto and Diana and Actaeon, arrived at El Escorial in 1574, where it was displayed in the Iglesia Vieja (Old Church) beside two other paintings by Titian: his Adoration of the Magi and his 1567 second version of Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence.  Titian copies elements of this painting in his later 1572 version given to Antonio Pérez.
Venetian painter Duke of Mantua an earlier version of c.1520 Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence El Escorial Diana and Callisto burial of Jesus binding of Isaac Diana and Actaeon Titian Philip II of Spain Museo del Prado Antonio Pérez a similar version Cain and Abel Adoration of the Magi Madrid