Title: Descent from the Cross
Object type: Relief
Date: ca. 1555
Artist: Follower of Jean Goujon 
Artist bio: French, ca. 1510–ca. 1565 Bologna (?)
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Christ, term: Mary Magdalene, term: Saint John the Evangelist, term: Virgin Mary, term: Cross, term: Descent from the Cross, term: Ladders