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Rembrandt
Three Studies for a 'Descent from the Cross'
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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)
External links
Pierpont Morgan Library
Accession number
2017.214
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Rembrandt's Studio with a Model
Seated Old Man
1630
A Study for a Girl at a Window
c. 1645
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Jan Lievens in the workshop
c.1630