Deposition from the cross

Title

Deposition from the cross

Draughtsman

• Reinhold Ewald

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• squaring

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• garment study
• composition study
• sculptural design?
• design for a painting?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Ewald; bezeichnet oben links: 32 / 40 / 7 / 46 / 280; unten rechts: 13

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet auf einem Aufkleber: Invent. Nr. E 16 / 24. Jan. 1929
Oben links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Reinhold Ewald

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Mary
• John the Evangelist
• Joseph of Arimathea

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament

Primary

• 73D71 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)
• 73D7221 the dead Christ in Mary's lap