Literature

Natalya Gritsay and Natalya Babina, The State Hermitage Museum catalogue of Flemish painting, New Haven, 2008, nr. 298

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 Escape from Blois

The Apotheosis of James I

Portrait of a Woman, probably Susanna Lunden
c. 1625-27

Head of an Old Man

The Birth of Marie