After Rogier van der Weyden

Literature

Cyriel Stroo, Pascale Syfer-d'Olne, The Flemish Primitives, Brussels, 1996, nr. 14

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)

Other works by Rogier van der Weyden

Descent from the Cross
First half of the 16th century

Right wing of the Sforza Triptych
Shortly after 1444 or ca. 1460

Virgin and Child
Before 1494

Trinity
First quarter of the 16th century