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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1888,0612.1701
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. 1835 Etching
Producer name: After: Peter Paul Rubens; Print made by: Joseph Hunin
School/style: Flemish; Belgian
Production date: 1835
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 378 millimetres; Width: 264 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. The plate was engraved in Mechelen by Hunin. Same composition as Vorsterman's engraving in reverse (Schneevoogt 49.342).
Bibliographic references: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (50.350); Corpus Rubenianum VI / The Passion of Christ (43) (copy 53)
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: Purchased from: Émile Lefèvre
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Adolphe Siret
Acquisition date: 1888
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1888,0612.1701

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