Literature

Alejandro Vergara and Friso Lammertse (eds.), The Young Van Dyck, New York, NY, 2013, fig. 87

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 Peter Paul Rubens

The Birth of the Dauphine

The Arrival in Lyon

Susanna and the Elders

The Punishment of Arachne

The Four Evangelists