Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Déposition de la croix (The Descent from the Cross) 1627–1628 Oil on canvas, 120 x 98 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Nicolas Poussin was the leading exponent of the French Classicism of the first half of the…
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) The Descent from the Cross before 1443 Oil on panel, 204.5 x 261.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) La deposizione dalla croce (The Descent from the Cross) c.1550 Oil on copperplate, 70 x 54 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Christ’s dead body is taken off the Cross by Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and Saint John the…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Deposition 1633 Oil on West Indian cedar, 89.4 x 65.2 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Detail. Detail. Detail.
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Descent from the Cross 1634 Oil on canvas, 158 x 117 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Like other paintings by Rembrandt on Christian subjects, The Descent from the Cross was not intended for a church, as in Protestant Holland…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Deposizione della croce (Entombment of Christ) c.1604 Oil on canvas, 300 x 203 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano See also: • Melandroni, Fillide (1581-1618)