The Descent from the Cross
date: label: Date
content: 1633
name: label: Print Maker
content: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rays of light throw the central group, representing the figure of Christ being removed from the Cross, into strong relief. Other figures in the foreground, right; background, left. Spectator, left, wears a richly embroidered cap and Oriental turban (probably Joseph of Arimathea).
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-1473
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 51.6 × 40.2 cm (20 5/16 × 15 13/16 in.)