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

Lion Hunt

Isabella Brant

The Honeysuckle Bower
1609

The Temple of Janus
1634

The Descent from the Cross
1612