The Descent from the Cross; The Entombment
PrintsNetherlandish16th century

The Descent from the Cross; The Entombment

after 1585

Artists

Anton Wierix IIArtist
Pieter de Jode, the ElderPrevious attribution
Maerten de VosArtist after
Gerard de JodePublisher
Classification
Prints
Technique
Engraving
Medium
Engraving printed in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gold on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Culture
Netherlandish
Century
16th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.) left: 20.1 x 12.6 cm (7 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.) right: 21 x 12.6 cm (8 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.)

Provenance

[Paul Prouté, Paris, France, sold]; to Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.

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