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The entombment of Christ by Jean Rouen, a mysterious work and a case of formal transmigration
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No início dos anos 40, João de Ruão esculpiu, em Coimbra, uma espectacular Deposição no Túmulo. A historiografia
artística tem vindo a integrar esta obra na Capela do Santo Sepulcro da igreja monástica de Santa Cruz (atualmente
no Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro — MNMC, n.º E 109), mas os testemunhos históricos omitem esta
presença. Entre 1540 e os últimos anos do século XIX, não existem referências à monumental Deposição em Santa
Cruz, facto que instigou a aprofundar a pesquisa sobre a fortuna histórica desta obra de arte.
O objectivo deste artigo é confrontar este conjunto escultórico monumental de Coimbra com outras fontes de
influência visual, como os tableaux vivant criados nos teatros (litúrgicos) dos mistérios (comuns na Normandia
naquela época), compará-lo com algumas obras semelhantes construídas em território francês entre finais do
século XV e primeira metade do século XVI, e verificar a sua fortuna histórica.
In the early forties, Jean de Rouen sculpted a spectacular Depositio in the city of Coimbra. Even if the recent historiography claims to integrate this artwork in the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre from the monastic church of Santa Cruz (currently in the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro — MNMC, no E 109), the historical testimonies neglect this presence. In fact, since 1540, until the last years of the 19th century, there are no references to the monumental Entombment in Santa Cruz. These gaps have provoked my concern, and made me attempt to find more information about the historical fortune of this artwork. My goal is to compare the monumental group from Coimbra with some similar works built in French territory between the end of the 15th century and the first half of the 16th, and confront it with other sources of visual influence, as the tableaux vivant created in the (liturgical) theatres of the mysteries (common in Normandy at that time), and verify the historical fortune of this particular sculptural group.
In the early forties, Jean de Rouen sculpted a spectacular Depositio in the city of Coimbra. Even if the recent historiography claims to integrate this artwork in the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre from the monastic church of Santa Cruz (currently in the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro — MNMC, no E 109), the historical testimonies neglect this presence. In fact, since 1540, until the last years of the 19th century, there are no references to the monumental Entombment in Santa Cruz. These gaps have provoked my concern, and made me attempt to find more information about the historical fortune of this artwork. My goal is to compare the monumental group from Coimbra with some similar works built in French territory between the end of the 15th century and the first half of the 16th, and confront it with other sources of visual influence, as the tableaux vivant created in the (liturgical) theatres of the mysteries (common in Normandy at that time), and verify the historical fortune of this particular sculptural group.
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João de Ruão Escultura Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro Coimbra Deposição no túmulo The entombment of Christ sculpture Machado de Castro National Museum
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Imprensa da Universidade | Centro de Estudos em Arqueologia, Artes e Ciências do Património