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Peter Paul Rubens
The Descent from the Cross
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Peter Paul Rubens
The Descent from the Cross
c. 1617-20
425 x 295 cm
Oil on canvas
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille
Literature
Alejandro Vergara and Friso Lammertse (eds.),
The Young Van Dyck
, New York, NY, 2013, fig. 87
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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 Peter Paul Rubens
The Descent from the Cross
The Lamentation
Marie de Medici as Pallas Athena
Artemisia
Study of Two Bearded Men
c. 1615