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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1874,1212.468
Description: The Descent from the Cross; the lifeless body of Christ is carefully removed from the cross and lowered on a white shroud; at top right a man balances on a ladder and leans over the beam of the cross while holding the shroud; the three Maries support the body in lower right; after Peter Paul Rubens Engraving
Producer name: After: Peter Paul Rubens; Published by: Gaspar Huberti
School/style: Flemish
Production date: 1650-1724
Production place: Published in: Antwerp (city)
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 301 millimetres; Width: 490 millimetres
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Curator's comments: After the central panel of Rubens' triptych 'The Descent of the Cross' in the Cathedral of Antwerp (Rooses 307). A modello for the print is in the Cabinet du Dessins, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Same composition as Vorsterman's engraving in reverse (Schneevoogt 49.342).
Bibliographic references: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (50.354); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (31.copies d) (under L. Vorsterman I); Corpus Rubenianum VI / The Passion of Christ (43) (copy 60)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: deposition
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: St Mary Magdalene; Representation of: St. Mary Egiptiaca; Representation of: St Joseph of Arimathaea; Representation of: Nicodemus
Acquisition name: Transferred from: British Library (Map Room)
Acquisition date: 1874
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1874,1212.468

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