Category:Descent from the Cross by Rogier van der Weyden (Prado)

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Artist
Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400–1464) Link back to Creator infobox template wikidata:Q68631
Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400–1464)
Alternative names Roger de le Pasture, Rogier de Bruxelles,
Master of the Exhumation of Saint Hubert
Description

Southern Netherlandish painter and draughtsman

Date of birth/death or
Location of birth/death Tournai Brussels
Work location Tournai (1427–1435), Brussels (1435–1464), Italy (1450–1455)
Authority control
Title The Deposition
Description
Art historian Lorne Campbell has identified the figures in the painting as (from left to right): Mary Cleophas (half-sister to the Virgin Mary); John the Evangelist, Mary Salome (in green, another half-sister of the Virgin Mary), The Virgin Mary (swooning), the corpse of Jesus Christ, Nicodemus (in red), a young man on the ladder – either a servant of Nicodemus or of Joseph of Arimathea, Joseph of Arimathea (in field-of-cloth-of-gold robes, the most sumptuous costume in the painting), the bearded man behind Joseph holding a jar and probably another servant and Mary Magdalene who adopts a dramatic pose on the right of the painting. There is disagreement between art historians as to the representation of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. Dirk de Vos identifies Joseph of Arimathea as the man in red supporting Christ's body, and Nicodemus as the sumptuously dressed man supporting Christ's legs, the opposite of Campbell's identification. en.wikipedia.org
Date circa
Medium
English: Oil on oak panel
Dimensions 220 x 262 cm
(Inventory)Prado MuseumLink back to Institution infobox template wikidata:Q160112
Madrid-prado.jpg
Native name Museo Nacional del Prado
Location Madrid
Coordinates 40° 24′ 49.28″ N, 3° 41′ 32.27″ W Link to Google Maps  Link to OpenStreetMap
Established
Website museodelprado.es
Authority control
room 58
Notes en:Category:Depictions of Jesus;
Deutsch: Auftraggeber: Gilde der Bogenschützen in Löwen
Español: Formó parte de un tríptico cuyos postigos se han perdido
References Museo del Prado
Weyden Deposition.jpg

Subcategories

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