Descent from the Cross

Anonymous1600s

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Title: Descent from the Cross
Creator: Anonymous
Date Created: 1600s
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 42.5 x 28.1 cm (16 3/4 x 11 1/16 in.); Secondary Support: 42.5 x 28.1 cm (16 3/4 x 11 1/16 in.)
Provenance: Robert Prioleau Roupell, London (Lugt 2234, lower left, inscribed in brown ink). Constance Mather Bishop, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.223
Medium: black chalk or crayon, and brush and brown wash, with traces of red chalk heightened with white gouache; framing lines in black ink (bottom)
Inscriptions: VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper left, in graphite: 2[45?]6 ; lower center, in black ink: Rubens ; lower right, in graphite: A. F. [erased] Callet ; lower right, in graphite: 3759
Department: Drawings
Culture: Flanders, 17th century
Credit Line: Gift of the family of Constance Mather Bishop
Collection: DR - Flemish
Accession Number: 1993.223

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