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The Descent from the Cross

Matthew 27:59; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53; John 19:38

As the descent from the cross, the lamentation (pietà), and the entombment are closely related scenes connected to the same occasion, the sorting of the pictures under these three headings may be highly disputable

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  ANGELICO, Fra
       Deposition (1437-40):
            Background scenery in the right third of picture
            Bearded figure with dark clothing on his head, upper part of figure
            Crowd in the left third of picture, upper part of figures
            Head of bearded figure with dark clothing on his head
            Right two thirds of picture
  BRONZINO, Agnolo
       Deposition of Christ (1545):
            Angels in upper part of picture
  DANTI, Vincenzo
       Descent from the cross, The (C. 1560):
            Central left part of picture
            Central right part of picture
            Centre of picture
            Upper left part of picture
            Upper right part of picture
  DONATELLO
       Deposition (1465):
            Central part (cut at all edges)
            Lower right corner of picture
  Donatello, Workshop of
       Deposition (1465):
            Central part (cut at all edges)
            Lower right corner of picture
  FERRARI, Defendente
       Deposition from the cross, The (Between 1505 and 1507):
            Heads of the Virgin and the two most immediate figures
  LIMBOURG brothers
       Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry: The deposition (Before 1416):
            Lower part of picture
            Upper part of picture
  MEMLING, Hans
       Scenes from the passion of Christ (1470-71):
            Right side of picture
  PONTORMO
       Deposition (C. 1528):
            Central left part of picture
            Central right part of picture
            Head of figure carrying Christ's body on his schoulder
            Lower left part of picture
  Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Workshop of
       Descent from the cross, The (1650-52):
            Bearded man at the very center of picture, upper part of figure
            Central part of picture
            Christ, upper part of figure
            Crowd at the lower right corner of picture
            Figure in the ladder holding the torch, upper part of figure
            Figures on the vertical bar of the cross
            Heads of the two main women in the crowd
            Lower left corner of picture
  Renesse, Constantijn van?
       Descent from the cross, The (1650-52):
            Bearded man at the very center of picture, upper part of figure
            Central part of picture
            Christ, upper part of figure
            Crowd at the lower right corner of picture
            Figure in the ladder holding the torch, upper part of figure
            Figures on the vertical bar of the cross
            Heads of the two main women in the crowd
            Lower left corner of picture
  ROOS, Philipp Peter
       Descent from the cross, The (C. 1696):
            Lower left corner of picture
  ROSSO Fiorentino
       Deposition from the cross (1528):
            Central part of picture
      Descent from the cross (1521):
            Head of man at top of left ladder
            Lower right part of picture
            Upper central part of picture
  RUBENS, Peter Paul
       Descent from the cross (1612-14):
            Two women in lower left corner of picture, upper part of figures
  WEYDEN, Rogier van der
       Deposition (C. 1435):
            Head of figure in upper left corner of picture (Salome?)
            Head of Virgin Mary
            Heads of figures in right part of picture
            Upper left part of picture
            Virgin Mary
            Woman in green clothing holding the Virgin