Nicolas Poussin

Descent from the Cross



Nicolas Poussin - Descent from the Cross



Nicolas Poussin
Descent from the Cross
c. 1530
119.5 x 99 cm
Oil on canvas
Hermitage, St. Petersburg


Literature


Collection catalogues
Colin Eisler, Paintings in the Hermitage, New York, 1990, p. 242


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)

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