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Descent from the Cross, by Mabuse (Verso)
Caldesi & Montecchi
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Photograph of "The Deposition," a painting by Gerard David, previously attributed to Jan Gossaert or Mabuse. The painting depicts the taking down of the body of Christ from the cross, with the Virgin Mary kissing his right hand in the foreground, as others look on. An inventory number is partially visible on the lower left corner of the image.
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Details
- Title: Descent from the Cross, by Mabuse (Verso)
- Creator: Caldesi & Montecchi
- Date Created: 1858
- Location Created: London, England
- Physical Dimensions: 24.3 × 19.2 cm (9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XB.582.1.39
- Culture: British
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Caldesi & Montecchi (British, active 1850s)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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