Literature

Gary Schwartz, Rembrandt zijn leven, zijn schilderijen, Maarssen, 1984, fig. 101

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 Temple of Peace

Statue of Ceres
c. 1615

Andromeda

The Arrival at Marseille

Landscape with Stone Carriers
c. 1620