Descent from the Cross
Object type: Relief
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Jean Goujon|Marcantonio Raimondi
Artist bio: French, ca. 1510–ca. 1565 Bologna (?)|Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?)
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: French|Italian
Date: ca. 1555
Medium: Alabaster with traces of gilding
Dimensions: 43 1/4 × 24 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (109.9 × 62.2 × 8.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1929
Accession year: 1929
Tags: Cross|Descent from the Cross|Virgin Mary|Christ|Mary Magdalene|Saint John the Evangelist|Ladders