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The Descent from the Cross

  • brown ink, ink, paper
  • 318 x 283 mm
  • Inv. 1911-GQ

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Maerten de Vos RKD Wikidata
Antwerp 1532 - Antwerp 1603
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Title The Descent from the Cross
Period 16th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription on the reverse: Nlaus Poussinus
Collection print room
Object type ink drawing
Inventory number 1911-GQ
Acquisition credit bequest
Vermeersch, Gustave
Saint-Gilles (Brussels)
1911
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-GQ
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/121/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass
11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST) John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass
41A343 ladder Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73D6 the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha (Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38) Iconclass
73D71 descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross, usually by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms of Christ detached) Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 16)
onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 17, cat. 18 (ill.))
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