Kruisafneming, Cornelis Cort, after Girolamo Muziano, 1568

Title(s)

Kruisafneming

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1906-2239

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 64-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• date: ‘1568’

Description

Christus wordt van het kruis gehaald door Nicodemus en Jozef van Arimathea. Er staan vier ladders tegen het kruis. Maria Magdalena grijpt naar Christus voeten. Op de grond zitten wenende vrouwen.

Artist

• print maker: Cornelis Cort
• after design by: Girolamo Muziano

Place

Rome

Dating

1568

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 284 mm × width 212 mm

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)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase 1906

Copyright

Public domain

• Cornelis Cort, Part 1, p. 222, cat.nr. 64
• L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort graveur hollandais 1533-1578, cat.nr. 86