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Rembrandt
Three Studies for a 'Descent from the Cross'
Literature
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Rembrandt
Three Studies for a 'Descent from the Cross'
c. 1653-54
190 x 205 mm
Quill and reed pen in brown ink on paper
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Literature
Lloyd DeWitt (ed.),
Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus
, New Haven and London, 2011, fig. 4.1
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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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