Descent from the Cross
Unknown
early 16th century · Oak, polychromy and gilding · Medieval Art
Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea remove Christ’s body from the cross. The carving, once part of an altarpiece, repeats a composition established by the Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- early 16th century
- Medium
- Oak, polychromy and gilding
- Culture
- South Netherlandish
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1906
