Title: The Descent from the Cross
Object type: Painting, triptych
Artist:  Master of the Holy Blood 
Artist bio: Netherlandish, ca. 1520
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: Central panel, overall 36 x 28 1/2 in. (91.4 x 72.4 cm), painted surface 35 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (90.5 x 72.4 cm); left panel, overall 36 x 12 3/8 in. (91.4 x 31.4 cm), painted surface 35 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.(90.2 x 31.4 cm); right panel, overall 35 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. (91.1 x 32.1 cm), painted surface 35 3/8 x 12 1/2 in. (89.9 x 31.8 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Clyde Fitch and Ferdinand Gottschalk, 1917
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Christ, term: Mary Magdalene, term: Saint John the Evangelist, term: Virgin Mary, term: Descent from the Cross, term: Hammers