The Descent from the Cross

Gallery 305, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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The Descent from the Cross

c. 1495-1510

Workshop of the Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altar (German (active Cologne), active c. 1470–c. 1510)

Over the second half of the fifteenth century, Cologne’s painters came increasingly under the influence of the art of the Low Countries. This representation of Christ’s descent from the cross, for example, reinterprets a famous depiction of the same subject by Rogier van der Weyden of Brussels.

Gallery 305, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

Object Details

Title:

The Descent from the Cross

Date:

c. 1495-1510

Artist:

Workshop of the Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altar (German (active Cologne), active c. 1470–c. 1510)

Medium:

Oil and gold on panel

Dimensions:

20 3/16 x 15 9/16 inches (51.3 x 39.5 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Accession Number:

Cat. 744

Geography:

Made in Cologne, Germany, Europe

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Gallery 305, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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