The Descent from the Cross, Pieter Fransz de Grebber, 1633

Title(s)

The Descent from the Cross

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2311

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘P. DG Aº 1633’

Description

De kruisafneming. Het lichaam van Christus wordt van het kruis gehaald. Links Maria, in het mudden Maria Magdalena, rechts Johannes. Altaarstuk uit de Sts. Gommarus en Pancratius kerk te Enkhuizen.

Artist

• painter: Pieter Fransz de Grebber (mentioned on object)

Dating

1633

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 232 cm × width 193 cm
depth 11 cm

What

• descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross, usually by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms of Christ detached)

Acquisition

purchase Nov-1907

Copyright

Public domain

• Clandestine splendor : paintings for the catholic church in the Dutch Republic, Xander van Eck, p. 87
• Sint Gommer en Sint Pancras : klooster, kerk en klerus in Enkhuizen, W.H. de Boer, pp. 25, 80
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 248
• Een kwijnend bisdom nieuw leven ingeblazen : Pieter de Grebber en het Haarlems kapittel, Xander van Eck, afb. 5