Descent from the Cross and The Lamentation

Artist Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593 - 1678)

Date1652

MediumEtching

DimensionsPlatemark: 12 3/16 x 9 7/16 in. (31 x 24 cm) Sheet: 13 1/8 x 10 3/16 in. (33.3 x 25.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of James A. Bergquist in honor of Victoria Sancho Lobis

CultureFlemish

Catalogue raisonnéHollstein 3, II/II

Object numberPC2010.03

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionChrist's body is laid out in the center of the image, slightly on a diagonal, across Mary's lap. An older woman begins to wash his body to the left. Behind her, others look mournfully on, one leaning against the ladder leading up to the cross.

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